el monte. 'el monte'. This masculine noun means 'mountain'. For example, 'Un sueño mío es esquilar los montes más altos del mundo' / 'A dream of mine is to climb the worlds tallest mountains'. El monte.
monte
masculine noun
1.
mountain
(elevación)
- monte Sinaí -> Mount Sinai
- monte de Venus -> mons veneris
2.
scrubland
(terreno) (con arbustos)
; woodland
(bosque)
- echarse o tirarse al monte -> to take to the hills; to go to extremes (figurative)
- no todo el monte es orégano (Prov) -> life's not a bowl of cherries
- monte bajo -> scrub
3.
pasture
(pasto) (Mexican Spanish)
also:
- monte de piedad -> state pawnsbroker's (peninsular Spanish)
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monte [mon'-tay]
noun
1.
Mountain (montaña), mount, a large hill, a vast protuberance of the earth. (m)
2.
Wood (bosque), forest, a woody place. (m)
3.
Difficulty, obstruction, obstacle (obstáculo). (m)
4.
A bushy head of hair much entangled. (m)
5.
Stock of cards which remain after each player has received his share. (m)
6.
A game at cards. (America) (m)
7.
Outskirts (alrededores). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
8.
Grass (pasto). (Mexico) (m)
9.
Hash (droga). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
- Monte alt -> or de árboles, a lofty grove or wood
- Creer que todo el monte es orégano -> to think everything in the garden is lovely
monte
1 (montaña) mountain; (cerro) hill
el monte de los Olivos the Mount of Olives; el monte Sinaí Mount Sinai; los montes Pirineos the Pyrenees; los montes Urales the Urals; los montes Apalaches the Appalachian Mountains; los montes Cárpatos the Carpathian Mountains
echarse al monte to take to the hills
2 (campo) countryside; country; (bosque) woodland
los domingos salimos al monte a pasear on Sundays we go walking in the countryside; un conejo de monte a wild rabbit; batir el monte to beat for game; go hunting
hacérsele un monte a algn
todo se le hace un monte he makes mountains out of molehills
no todo el monte es orégano it's not all plain sailing
monte alto forest
monte bajo scrub
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