montón

See also: monton

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtoŋ/

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

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mõtõ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “monton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “montón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈton/ [mõn̪ˈt̪õn]
• Hyphenation: 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)

   Tenemos un montón de cosas de que hablar

   We have a lot to talk about.

   Te quiero un montón.

   I love you a lot.

Derived terms

• amontonar
• del montón
• entre el montón
• montonazo

Further reading

• “montón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014