What does «tiesto» mean in Spanish?
- Piece or piece of any earthenware or ceramic vessel that has been broken.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Los tiestos o fragmentos de vasijas de barro componen la mayor cantidad de objetos que han hallado los arqueólogos durante las excavaciones de los lugares antiguos".
- Vessel generally made of clay filled with soil used to raise plants.
Examples of use in Spanish: "tiesto con flores"; "tiesto con hortensias"; "un tiesto de barro cocido".
- Set formed by this container, the soil and the plant it contains.
Examples of use in Spanish: "tengo que regar los tiestos de la terraza".
"Debo fumigar los tiestos, están llenos de pulgones".
- Vessel of any kind.
♦ Used in: Bolivia - Chile - Honduras - A type of iron frying pan used to roast certain typical foods in the northern regions of South America, such as arepas in the form of budare.
- Skull.
- Mear fuera del potto. fig. and fam. to go out of the question, to say something that is not relevant.
- To get out of the pot. loc. verb. coloq. To take one's feet out of the saddlebags: a person who is beginning to overcome his shyness or embarrassment.