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Ido
Noun
mortadelo (plural mortadeli)
- mortadella
Spanish
Etymology
From Mortadelo y Filemón, a successful comic strip from Spain. The main characters are oddball detectives.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɾtaˈdelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: mor‧ta‧de‧lo
Noun
mortadelo m (plural mortadelos)
- (Spain, colloquial) Monopoly money
- (Spain, colloquial) James Bond; spy (especially said of the secret police of the Mossos d'Esquadra)