Wiktionary

montón

(Redirected from un montón)
See also: monton

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From monte (“hill”) +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese montão and Spanish montón.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

montón m (plural montóns)

  1. heap, pile
    Synonyms: monte, morea, rima
  2. ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)
    Synonyms: monte, morea

References edit

  • “monton” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mõtõ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “monton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “montón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “montón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “montón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From monte (“mountain”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /monˈton/ [mõn̪ˈt̪õn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: mon‧tón

Noun edit

montón m (plural montones)

  1. heap, pile (collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation)
  2. ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) mogollón, sinfín
    Tenemos un montón de cosas de que hablar
    We have a lot to talk about.
    Te quiero un montón.
    I love you a lot.
    El campamento de verano es un montón de diversión.
    Summer camp is a lot of fun.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Neapolitan: montone

Further reading edit

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