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Asturian
Etymology
Literally, “throw oneself into the wilderness”.
Verb
echase al monte
- (idiomatic, especially in the context of Post-Civil War Spain) to go into hiding in the wilderness to avoid persecution
2014 October 1, Pablo R. Guardado, “El llargumetraxe ‘Bernabé’ abre en Llangréu'l ciclu de cine ‘Baxando pa la galería’”, in Asturies.com:La película trata la vida del bandoleru llaniscu Bernabé Ruenes, un personaxe mui popular na zona que se vio obligáu a echase al monte tres ser condenáu a cadena perpetu na década de los 40.- The film is about the life of the Llanes bandit Bernabé Ruenes, a very popular character in the area who was forced to go into hiding in the mountains after being sentenced to life imprisonment in the 1940s.