cuesta
See also: Cuesta
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɛstə/
- Rhymes: -ɛstə
Noun
cuesta (plural cuestas)
- (geomorphology) A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
- 1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217:
- At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.
- 1986, Gwen Schultz, Wisconsin's Foundations: A Review of the State's Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 127:
- In eastern Wisconsin the cuesta is drift-covered and less noticeable; permanent settlement came later; lead and zinc mining was absent; and industrial development took a different course.
Lombard
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- chella chí, cuella chí
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwesta/ [ˈkwes.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: cues‧ta
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”), later coming to mean “edge” or “coast” in Medieval Latin. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kost-. Compare the borrowed doublet costa.
Noun
cuesta f (plural cuestas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cuesta
- inflection of costar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cuesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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