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Spanish
Etymology
From mortero (“mortar”) + -ada
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moɾteˈɾada/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: mor‧te‧ra‧da
Noun
morterada f (plural morteradas)
- Portion of food, condiment or sauce that is prepared at once in the mortar.
- (military) Portion of stones or other projectiles that were fired at once with the mortar / mortar and pestle.
- (military) Injury and damage caused by the mortar shot.
- (colloquial, Spain) mint, bundle, (UK) packet, an arm and a leg (large amount of money)
- Synonyms: (Spain) dineral, pastizal, fortuna
2023 June 23, “Romero: “Mbappé costará una morterada que veremos cómo se rentabiliza””, in As: (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name): 2023 March 30, “"Hay flipados que se gastan una morterada en una bicicleta fuel carbono tubelizada para correr una marcha popular de un pueblo que luego no ganan y se pasan el día llorando y criticando"”, in Diario del Triatlon:
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