mogollón
See also: Mogollon
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from meollón, theoretic augmentative of meolla, from Latin medulla. If so, cognate with meollo and médula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moɡoˈʝon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʝõn]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /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
mogollón m (plural mogollones)
- (colloquial) shedload; lot (large amount)
- 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:
- “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.
Further reading
- “mogollón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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