hueste
See also: Hueste
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin hostem (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”). Compare Catalan host (“army”), Italian oste (“army, host”), Romanian oaste (“army, host”).
Noun edit
hueste f (plural huestes)
- (usually in the plural) army, troops
- 2018 June 12, “Ortega propone a EE UU adelantar las elecciones en Nicaragua mientras sigue la violencia”, in El País[1]:
- Los barrios orientales de la capital, heroicos en aquella épica, vivieron horas de zozobra tras el asedio de las huestes del Frente Sandinista, grupos irregulares que han sido armados para generar violencia y terror.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- following (group of followers, supporters)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuēchtic (“something powdered, finely ground”).
Adjective edit
hueste m or f (masculine and feminine plural huestes)
- (Honduras) ground, finely powdered
- (of corn dough, Honduras) beaten and ready for the preparation of tortillas
Further reading edit
- “hueste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014