hueste

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝este/ [ˈw̝es.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: hues‧te

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”).

hueste f (plural huestes)

1. (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.

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2. following (group of followers, supporters)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuēchtic (“something powdered, finely ground”).

hueste m or f (masculine and feminine plural huestes)

1. (Honduras) ground, finely powdered
2. (of corn dough, Honduras) beaten and ready for the preparation of tortillas

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