huiste

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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huiste m (plural huistes)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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huiste

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of huir