oeste

See also: Oeste and öste

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈus.tə/

Noun

oeste

1. plural of oes

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west

Galician

Alternative forms

• ueste
• O
• W

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old English west.

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. (uncountable) west (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the western portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a western; a wind blowing from the west

Synonyms

• (west): occidente, poñente
• (western portion): occidente

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “west”): leste, levante, nacente, oriente

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norde
• occidente
• sul

Derived terms

• Alemaña do Oeste
• noroeste
• suroeste

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest,^[1][2] from Old French west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛʃ.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈɛʃ.ti/
• Hyphenation: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (plural oestes)

1. west (compass point)

   Synonyms: ocidente, poente

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

References

1. “oeste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
2. “oeste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French ouest or west, from Old English west.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈeste/ [oˈes.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste m (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonyms: poniente, occidente

   Antonym: este

Coordinate terms

compass points: puntos cardinales:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	noreste
oeste		este
suroeste	sur	sureste

Derived terms

• Asia del Oeste

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• weste

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oeste (“west”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈeste/ [ʔoˈɛs.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: o‧es‧te

Noun

oeste (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. (uncommon) west (compass point)

   Synonyms: kanluran, oksidente

   Antonyms: silangan, oryente, este

   • 1985, Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa:

     At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sa sur at sa norte!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

hilagang kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan timog-kanluran	sur timog	timog-silangan

Related terms

• Oeste

See also

• este
• norte
• sur

Further reading

• “oeste”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018