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Competidor de fuste
I think it means formidable competitor. Am I right? Is is a Spain-specific term?
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"Fuste" might be referring to fútbol in someone's ideolect. Fuste and/or Fusté appear to be last names as well, it could be referring to a specific player.
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I think you're right about the sports reference and I nearly sure it has something to do with a powerful contender
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"Hombre de fuste" = "man of substance (importance").
Source: Cassell's Spanish-English Dictionary.
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I had never heard this saying (maybe it's specific, but not common) . The RAE says:
Nervio, sustancia o entidad. Hombre de fuste. http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...S=3&LEMA=fuste |
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I have hear it often.
For the meaning, agree with irmamar Wen I readed it for the first time, as I was a child, I though its origin was from "fusta", a whip for horses, so a "hombre de fuste" was someone able to resists whips. Later I learned the fact that "fuste" is an arquitectonic term, wich refers to the shaft of a column So a "hombre de fuste" is a man which has a solid body, physical or mental. Saludos
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