Also means
substance
Usage Note
Fuste has two main senses: in architecture it is the shaft of a column (the cylindrical body between the base and capital); in figurative Spanish de fuste (of substance/standing) describes a person of importance or merit — un político de fuste. The architectural sense is the more concrete; the figurative phrase is a fixed expression.
Examples
"El fuste de la columna estaba finamente tallado."
Natural Translation
The shaft of the column was finely carved.

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