andurrial
Spanish
FWOTD – 25 February 2015
Etymology
Unknown. Proposed etymologies include:
- From Andalusian Arabic.
- From Basque andur.
- From andar (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anduˈrjal/, [ãn̪d̪uˈrjal]
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, El ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha, Segunda parte, Capítulo II
- 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.
- 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.
- 1615, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha, Segunda parte, Capítulo II
Further reading
- “andurrial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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