morterada
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From mortero (“mortar”) + -ada
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morterada f (plural morteradas)
- (colloquial, Spain) mint, bundle, (UK) packet, an arm and a leg (large amount of money)
- 2023 June 23, “Romero: “Mbappé costará una morterada que veremos cómo se rentabiliza””, in As[1]:
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- 2023 March 30, “"Hay flipados que se gastan una morterada en una bicicleta fuel carbono tubelizada para correr una marcha popular de un pueblo que luego no ganan y se pasan el día llorando y criticando"”, in Diario del Triatlon[2]:
- Portion of food, condiment or sauce that is prepared at once in the mortar.
- (military) Portion of stones or other projectiles that were fired at once with the mortar / mortar and pestle.
- (military) Injury and damage caused by the mortar shot.
Further reading edit
- “morterada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014