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Galician
Etymology
From monte (“hill”) + -ón. Compare Portuguese montão and Spanish montón.
Pronunciation
Noun
montón m (plural montóns)
- heap, pile
- Synonyms: monte, morea, rima
- ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)
- Synonyms: monte, morea
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “monton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mõtõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “monton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “montón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “montón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “montón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From monte (“mountain”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /monˈton/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: mon‧tón
Noun
montón m (plural montones)
- heap, pile (collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation)
- ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) mogollón, sinfín; see also Thesaurus:montón
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.
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