Polyglot Dictionary

cuesta

/ˈkwesta/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cuestas

Meaning

  1. slope

    • La cuesta es empinada.

      The slope is steep.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vertiente

vertiente specifically means a slope or watershed side, like a mountain slope facing a direction, or figuratively an "aspect" of an issue; cuesta is the everyday word for a slope or incline you walk up.

pendiente

cuesta and pendiente are close synonyms for "slope, incline," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

inclinação

inclinação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slope."

Portuguese

ladeira

ladeira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slope."

Practice

1 What does cuesta mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ es empinada.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuesta?

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