Definitions for cuestas

cuestas cues·ta

Spelling: [kwes-tuh]
IPA: /ˈkwɛs tə/

Cuestas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in cuestas (acesstu).

Definitions for cuestas

noun

  1. a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.

Origin of cuestas

1810-20, Americanism; Spanish: shoulder, sloping land Latin costa side (of a hill), rib; see coast

Examples for cuestas

Prior to the loss of these 6000 men, cuesta's army had been 34,000 strong, with seventy guns.

From every angle of the zigzag trail that climbs the cuesta the soldier scanned the valley road and the trail below him.

The Spanish army under cuesta did good service on this occasion, but it was chiefly by guarding a flank.

cuesta (Don Jerome de la), penitentiary canon of the cathedral of Avila.

cuesta (Don Antonio de la), archdeacon of the cathedral of Avila.

cuesta's horse grew frightened, and plunged so fearfully for a minute that the poor old man could scarcely keep his seat.

cuesta did not in fact signify, though it required coolness as well as ability to discern it at such a moment.

The sun had declined almost to a saddle in the cuesta del Burro when the sleeper reopened his eyes.

It is no wonder that after his experience of cuesta, Wellington steadily refused to combine operations with any Spanish general.

The road was what Spanish-Americans term, “cuesta arriba, cuesta abajo” (up hill, down hill).

Word Value for cuestas
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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