hostia

hostia
feminine noun
1. host (religion)
2. bash, punch (vulgar) (golpe) (peninsular Spanish); smash-up (accidente)
3. (vulgar) (expresiones)
  • ¿para qué hostias…? -> why the hell…? (peninsular Spanish)
  • había la hostia de gente -> the place was heaving
  • hace un frío de la hostia -> it's bloody o (British) goddamn freezing out there! (United States)
  • ser la hostia -> to be (de bueno) bloody o (British) goddamn amazing; (United States) to be (de malo) bloody o (British) goddamn awful (United States)
  • a toda hostia -> at full pelt o flat out
  • tener mala hostia -> to be a mean bastard
interjection
4. (vulgar)
  • ¡hostia!, ¡hostias! -> bloody hell! (peninsular SpanishBr), goddamn it! (United States)

hostia [os’-te-ah]
noun
1. Host, victim, sacrifice offered on the altar. (f)
2. Host, the wafer prepared for the sacrifice of the mass. (f)

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