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Spanish
Etymology
Unknown. Proposed etymologies include:
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anduˈrjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: an‧du‧rrial
Noun
andurrial m (plural andurriales)
- (usually in the plural) the bush (remote, undeveloped area); the backcountry; the sticks; the middle of nowhere
1615, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo II”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Segunda parte:Idos a la vuestra, hermano, que vos sois, y no otro, el que destrae y sonsaca a mi señor, y le lleva por esos andurriales.- Be off to your own, brother, for it is you, and no one else, that delude my master, and lead him astray, and take him tramping about the country.
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