montañés

See also: montanes

Spanish

Etymology

From montaña +‎ -és.

Adjective

montañés (feminine montañesa, masculine plural montañeses, feminine plural montañesas)

mountain, highland
Synonym: alpino
(Spain, dated) from La Montaña historic region, roughly comprising Cantabria
Synonym: cántabro

Noun

montañés m (plural montañeses, feminine montañesa, feminine plural montañesas)

highlander, mountaineer

Noun

montañés m (uncountable)

the Astur-Leonese dialect spoken in western parts of Cantabria

Further reading

“montañés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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