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Spanish
Etymology
From tonto (“stupid”) + -ería.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonteˈɾia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: ton‧te‧rí‧a
Noun
tontería f (plural tonterías)
- something that is dumb
- Synonyms: bobada, tontera, estupidez, (Spain) gilipollez, (Argentina, Uruguay) boludez, (Argentina, Uruguay) boludez, (Chile) wea, (Mexico) tarugada, (El Salvador) virgada
- something of little consequence
- nonsense, gibberish, baloney, malarkey (meaningless words)
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