montonera

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Spanish

Noun

montonera f (plural montoneras)

  1. (colloquial) shedload, bucketload, hell of a lot
    • 2015 November 7, “El trabajo de engañar al ojo”, in El País:
      En uno, que es una combinación de dos planos, unos esqueletos van corriendo y saltan por un precipicio y hay una cascada de muertos que van cayendo y se forma una montonera de zombis en el suelo.
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  2. (history) an armed civilian in a paramilitary group, who organized in the 19th century during the Argentine Civil War

Noun

montonera f (plural montoneras)

  1. female equivalent of montonero

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