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Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from meollón, theoretic augmentative of meolla, from Latin medulla. If so, cognate with meollo and médula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moɡoˈʝon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /moɡoˈʎon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɡoˈʃon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɡoˈʒon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: mo‧go‧llón
Noun
mogollón m (plural mogollones)
- (colloquial) shedload; lot (large amount)
2020 December 21, Ferran Bono, Guillermo Vega, Rafa Burgos, “En Londres la gente pasa de llevar mascarilla en la calle y no parece muy preocupada por la nueva cepa [In London people don't bother wearing masks in the street and don't seem very worried about the new variant]”, in El País:“Tampoco se mantienen las distancias. Ves a mogollón de gente por la calle sin respetar la separación. En fin, ¿cómo no va a afectar todo eso a los contagios?”, apunta Joan.- “They don't social distance either. You see a shit-ton of people on the street not respecting social distancing. Anyway, how is all that not going to affect the infection rate?”, says Joan.
Adverb
mogollón
- (colloquial) a lot; a shitton
- ¡Me mola mogollón! ― It fucking rules!
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