Bill tomó un folleto de vitaminas y escribió en el dorso...
The meaning is pretty obvious: wrote on the back of...
What if Bill fancied to write his message on the front side of the leaflet? What word would be chosen?
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FWIW, this word has the same origin as the "dorsal" fin on fish. It's on their "back" from an anatomical perspective. – Robert Columbia Mar 04 '20 at 12:59
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@RobertColumbia funny thing is that we also call dorsal to the number that runners wear in races, despite it being normally in the front – fedorqui Mar 04 '20 at 13:02
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The correct word is 'anverso'. See the 2nd definition in the Dictionary of the Real Academia de la Lengua:
anverso Del fr. envers 'envés', y este del lat. inversus 'invertido'.
1. m. En las monedas y medallas, haz que se considera principal por llevar el busto de una persona o por otro motivo.
2. m. Impr. Cara en que va impresa la primera página de un pliego.
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There are multiple antonyms for "dorso". I have found for instance:
- anverso
- haz
- cara
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The easiest way is to search at "Google" for example: https://www.google.com/search?q=antonimo+dorso You will see there are a lot of results offeringmultiple antonyms for "dorso". – Andrés Chandía Mar 05 '20 at 14:08