echase al monte

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Asturian

Etymology

Literally, throw oneself into the wilderness.

Verb

echase al monte

  1. (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.