ele recua

backs up, moves back, retreats

→ recuar
recu to step back, to move back + a you command / he, she, or it present tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #39,739
backs up, moves back, retreats
PO: O time recua quando perde a bola.
EN: The team falls back when it loses the ball.
Conjugation of recuar
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second recua —
Third recue —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third recua —

Recua e arremessa.

Step back and throw it.

— Um Cabra Bom de Bola (2026)

Celtics recua.

Celtics pull back.

— Drive (2011)

Recua.

Retreat.

Sem jogo, recua para Tafarel.

With nothing on, he plays it back to Tafarel.

— Carandiru (2003)