mogollón

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Possibly from meollón, theoretic augmentative of meolla, from Latin medulla. If so, cognate with meollo and médula.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moɡoˈʝon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʝõn]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /moɡoˈʎon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʎõn]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɡoˈʃon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʃõn]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɡoˈʒon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʒõn]

  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: mo‧go‧llón

Noun

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mogollón m (plural mogollones)

  1. (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") shedload; lot (large amount)
    Synonyms: cantidad, tela, montón
    • 2020 December 21, Ferran Bono, Guillermo Vega, Rafa Burgos, “En Londres la gente pasa de llevar mascarilla en la calle y no parece muy preocupada por la nueva cepa [In London people don't bother wearing masks in the street and don't seem very worried about the new variant]”, in El País[1]:
      “Tampoco se mantienen las distancias. Ves a mogollón de gente por la calle sin respetar la separación. En fin, ¿cómo no va a afectar todo eso a los contagios?”, apunta Joan.
      “They don't social distance either. You see a shit-ton of people on the street not respecting social distancing. Anyway, how is all that not going to affect the infection rate?”, says Joan.

Adverb

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mogollón

  1. (colloquial) a lot; a shitton
    ¡Me mola mogollón!It fucking rules!

Further reading

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