enhiesto

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish enfiesto, most likely inherited from Latin īnfestus. For the semantic development, Coromines and Pascual point out the use of īnfestus in classical Latin to describe spears in attack position and standards during marches, a usage that survives into Old Spanish alongside the new metaphorical usage that survives until today. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -esto Syllabification: en‧hies‧to === Adjective === enhiesto (feminine enhiesta, masculine plural enhiestos, feminine plural enhiestas) erect, upright === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “enhiesto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 629 === Further reading === “enhiesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025