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Old June 05, 2010, 07:00 PM
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Does Monte mean woods?

Besides meaning mount , is it true monte also means woods/woodland?
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Old June 05, 2010, 07:28 PM
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I am sorry for asking again but is it wrong to call woods monte in spanish?
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Old June 05, 2010, 10:17 PM
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For me it will be ok.
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Can someone else clarify if Monte means woods or not?
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Old June 07, 2010, 01:47 AM
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it depends on the context of the sentence.
strictly speaking monte is a hill or little mountain, wich can have (or not) trees and bushes.

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monte. (Del lat. mons, montis).
1. m. Gran elevación natural de terreno. (a big elevation on the ground)
2. m. Tierra inculta cubierta de árboles, arbustos o matas. (surface non cultivated, with trees, bushes or similar)
variants with trees/bushes
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monte alto.
1. m. El poblado de árboles grandes. (a hill with big trees)
2. m. Estos mismos árboles. (those trees)

monte bajo.
1. m. El poblado de arbustos, matas o hierbas. (a hill with bushes, or similar)
2. m. Estas matas o hierbas. (those bushes)

monte pardo
1.-encinar (holm-oak hill)
I know the meanings of monte, but I do not know all the meanings of woods.
Rusty and ookami stated yes, so I consider your answer is Yes.
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We have, monte y bosque. Bosque implies being wilder. I think it´s a question of applicability in the sentence, and the connotations the word might have. Monte is more informal, even more confined to people living in the country. Bosque is usually more frondoso = luxuriant and is used by everybody. Somebody from the city would never say I´m going to the monte with the same connotation that a villager would do.
There is also, vamos al campo, vamos a la montaña, vamos de monte.
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I mean, a "monte" can have or be part of a wood, or not. Can be a scrub or a forest, but it will always be a considerable elevation of the ground.
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Right, I've always understood "monte" to mean "upland bush, woods. or forest",
and "bosque" to mean simply "woods", "forest", "woodland".
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Old June 08, 2010, 05:17 PM
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Ok I have a spanish dictionary that says this aboutmonte
El monte era tan espeso que casi no se podia andar por el.
The forest/woods was so thick that could hardly walk through it.

source: Dictionary of Spoken Spanish by U.S Armed Forces
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