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este

/ˈeste/

interjection/ˈeste/

uh, well (space filler in a conversation)

Este... este... ¿qué estabas diciendo?Um... um... what were you saying?

Inherited from Latin iste.

noun, masculine/ˈeste/

east

Synonyms: oriente, levante

Antonyms: oeste, occidente, poniente

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą (“east”), from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”), therefore related to English east and Spanish Austria.