Wiktionary

montaña

See also: montana, Montana, and Montaña

GalicianEdit

 
Pena Surbia (2116 m) and Pena Trevinca (2127 m), highest mountains in Galicia
 
Vivir na montaña ("living in the highlands"), Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese montanna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem. Compare Portuguese montanha, Spanish montaña.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

montaña f (plural montañas)

  1. highlands
    • 1853, J. M. Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 58:
      Alá de donde vimos na montaña a miseria é tan grande que non pode a xente se queixar
      There, where we came from, in the highlands, misery is so large that people can't even complain
  2. mountain

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ReferencesEdit

  • “montaña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “montaña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “montanna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “montaña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “montaña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “montaña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish montanna, from early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /monˈtaɲa/ [mõn̪ˈt̪a.ɲa]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta‧ña

NounEdit

montaña f (plural montañas)

  1. mountain
    Synonym: monte

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DescendantsEdit

  • → English: Montana

Further readingEdit

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