montón

See also: monton and Monton

Galician

Alternative forms

• montom, montão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From monte (“hill”) + -ón. Compare Portuguese montão and Spanish montón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtoŋ/ [mõn̪ˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: mon‧tón

Noun

montón m (plural montóns)

1. heap, pile

   Synonyms: monte, morea, rima

2. ton, a lot, bunch, heap, loads (a great deal; a great quantity)

   Synonyms: monte, morea

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “monton”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “montón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “montón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Further reading

• “montón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *móntis

Proto-Italic *monts

Latin mōns

Spanish monte

Spanish -ón

Spanish montón

From monte (“mountain”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈton/ [mõn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mon‧tón

Noun

montón m (plural montones)

1. heap, pile (collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation)
2. 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.

Derived terms

• a montones
• amontonar
• del montón
• entre el montón
• es un montón
• gracias un montón
• montonazo
• montonero

Descendants

• → Neapolitan: montone

Further reading

• “montón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025