huiste

Spanish

Alternative forms

• güiste

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pipil huitztli (“spine”) + tet (“stone”).

Noun

huiste m (plural huistes)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) a small sharp piece of shattered glass
2. (colloquial, Honduras) obsidian

   Synonym: obsidiana

Etymology 2

Verb

huiste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of huir