oeste

See also: Oeste and öste

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈus.tə/

Noun

oeste

1. plural of oes

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west

Galician

Alternative forms

• ueste
• O
• W

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. (uncountable) west (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the western portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a western; a wind blowing from the west

Synonyms

• (west): occidente, poñente
• (western portion): occidente

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “west”): leste, levante, nacente, oriente

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norde
• occidente
• sul

Derived terms

• Alemaña do Oeste
• noroeste
• suroeste

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛʃ.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈɛʃ.ti/
• Hyphenation: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west (compass point)

   Synonyms: ocidente, poente

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French ouest or west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈeste/ [oˈes.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonyms: poniente, occidente

   Antonym: este

Coordinate terms

compass points: puntos cardinales:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	noreste
oeste		este
suroeste	sur	sureste

Derived terms

• Asia del Oeste

Further reading

• “oeste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• oweste
• weste

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oeste (“west”), from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French ouest or west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈeste/ [ʔoˈɛs.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. west (compass point)

   Synonyms: kanluran, oksidente

   Antonyms: silangan, oryente, este

   • 1985, Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa:

     At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sa sur at sa norte!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

hilagang kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan timog-kanluran sudoeste	sur timog	timog-silangan sudeste

Related terms

• Oeste

See also

• este
• norte
• sur

Further reading

• “oeste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 425