Competidor de fuste

poli

November 13, 2009, 06:01 AM

I think it means formidable competitor. Am I right? Is is a Spain-specific term?

Tomisimo

November 13, 2009, 06:29 AM

"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.

poli

November 13, 2009, 06:37 AM

I think you're right about the sports reference and I nearly sure it has something to do with a powerful contender

hermit

November 13, 2009, 07:00 AM

"Hombre de fuste" = "man of substance (importance").

Source: Cassell's Spanish-English Dictionary.

irmamar

November 13, 2009, 07:10 AM

I had never heard this saying (maybe it's specific, but not common) :thinking: . The RAE says:

Nervio, sustancia o entidad. Hombre de fuste.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=fuste

:)

sosia

November 16, 2009, 12:09 PM

I have hear it often.
For the meaning, agree with irmamar :D
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. :D :D
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 :D