montañés

See also: montanes

Spanish

Etymology

From montaña +‎ -és.

Adjective

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

1. mountain, highland

   Synonym: alpino

2. (Spain, dated) from La Montaña historic region, roughly comprising Cantabria

   Synonym: cántabro

Noun

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

1. highlander, mountaineer

Noun

montañés m (uncountable)

1. the Astur-Leonese dialect spoken in western parts of Cantabria

Further reading

• “montañés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10