mortadelo

Ido

Noun

mortadelo (plural mortadeli)

1. mortadella

Spanish

Etymology

From Mortadelo y Filemón, a successful comic strip from Spain. The main characters are oddball detectives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾtaˈdelo/ [moɾ.t̪aˈð̞e.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: mor‧ta‧de‧lo

Noun

mortadelo m (plural mortadelos)

1. (Spain, colloquial) Monopoly money
2. (Spain, colloquial) James Bond; spy (especially said of the secret police of the Mossos d'Esquadra)