- montón
- m.1 heap, pile, bunch, bunch of things.2 lot, great number, large number, bundle.* * *montón► nombre masculino1 heap, pile■ un montón de revistas a pile of magazines2 familiar (gran cantidad) stacks plural, loads plural, heaps plural■ vino un montón de gente loads of people came■ los tienen a montones they've got stacks of them\FRASEOLOGÍAser del montón to be nothing special, be one of the crowd■ es del montón he's just an ordinary bloke* * *noun m.heap, pile* * *SM1) [gen] heap, pile; [de nieve] pile
un hombre del montón — just an ordinary o average chap
salirse del montón — to stand out from the crowd
2) * (=mucho)sabe un montón — he knows loads *
tenemos montones — we've got loads o masses *
un montón de — loads of *, masses of *
un montón de gente — loads of people *, masses of people *
tardaron un montón de tiempo — they took ages
tengo un montón de cosas que decirte — I've got loads to tell you *
a montones: ejemplos hay a montones — there is no shortage of examples
tenía baches a montones — it was full of potholes
* * *masculinoa) (pila) pile(ser) del montón — (fam)
un estudiante de los del montón — an average student
es un escritor de los del montón — he's a rather run-of-the-mill writer
es una chica del montón — she's (just) an ordinary girl
b) (fam) (gran cantidad)había un montón de gente — there were loads of people (colloq)
me duele un montón — it hurts like hell (colloq)
me gusta un montón — I'm crazy about her/it (colloq)
* * *= congeries, heap, stack, wadge, pile, stash, slew.Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Ex. Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.Ex. By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.Ex. However, it would be a time consuming task for the student or researcher to sit down with piles of periodicals, frantically scanning contents lists to try to trace articles on his chosen topic.Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.Ex. His work includes 47 novels, and slews of essays, plays, reviews, poems, histories, and public speeches.----* ahorrar un montón = save + a bundle, save + a ton.* ahorrar un montón de dinero = save + a ton of money.* a montón = aplenty [a-plenty].* a montones = in droves, by the sackful.* costar un montón = cost + a bundle.* del montón = unimpressive, a dime a dozen.* desde hace un montón de tiempo = for yonks.* gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.* hace un montón de tiempo = yonks.* montones = oodles, scores.* montones de = mountain(s) of, scores of, lashings of.* un montón = like crazy, like mad.* un montón de = a pile of, a stack of, a bundle of, a truckload of, a sackful of, a raft of.* un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.* valer un montón = cost + a bundle.* * *masculinoa) (pila) pile(ser) del montón — (fam)
un estudiante de los del montón — an average student
es un escritor de los del montón — he's a rather run-of-the-mill writer
es una chica del montón — she's (just) an ordinary girl
b) (fam) (gran cantidad)había un montón de gente — there were loads of people (colloq)
me duele un montón — it hurts like hell (colloq)
me gusta un montón — I'm crazy about her/it (colloq)
* * *= congeries, heap, stack, wadge, pile, stash, slew.Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Ex: Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.Ex: By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.Ex: However, it would be a time consuming task for the student or researcher to sit down with piles of periodicals, frantically scanning contents lists to try to trace articles on his chosen topic.Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.Ex: His work includes 47 novels, and slews of essays, plays, reviews, poems, histories, and public speeches.* ahorrar un montón = save + a bundle, save + a ton.* ahorrar un montón de dinero = save + a ton of money.* a montón = aplenty [a-plenty].* a montones = in droves, by the sackful.* costar un montón = cost + a bundle.* del montón = unimpressive, a dime a dozen.* desde hace un montón de tiempo = for yonks.* gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.* hace un montón de tiempo = yonks.* montones = oodles, scores.* montones de = mountain(s) of, scores of, lashings of.* un montón = like crazy, like mad.* un montón de = a pile of, a stack of, a bundle of, a truckload of, a sackful of, a raft of.* un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.* valer un montón = cost + a bundle.* * *montónmasculine1 (pila) pileestá en ese montón de libros it's in that pile o stack of booksroba una carta del montón take a card from the pileel jardinero hacía montones con la hierba cortada the gardener was piling up the cut grassun montón de basura a trash heap(ser) del montón (fam): un estudiante de los del montón an average studentes un escritor de los del montón he's not an outstanding o exceptional writer, he's rather a run-of-the-mill writeres una chica del montón she's (just) an ordinary girl2 (fam)(gran cantidad): había un montón de gente there were loads o (BrE) masses of people (colloq)tiene montones de amigos she's got loads o (BrE) masses of friends (colloq)me duele un montón it hurts like hell (colloq)me gusta un montón I'm crazy about her/it (colloq)tiene discos a montones she's got heaps o stacks of records (colloq)la gente los compra a montones people buy them by the barrelful o cartload* * *
montón sustantivo masculinoa) (pila) pile;◊ del montón (fam) ordinary, averageb) (fam) (gran cantidad):◊ un montón de gente loads of people (colloq);
me gusta un montón I like her/him/it a lot
montón sustantivo masculino
1 (pila, taco) heap, pile: haz un montón con ellas, make a pile of them
2 (gran cantidad) me duele un montón, it hurts a lot
un montón de, a load of, lots of
♦ Locuciones: familiar del montón, nothing special, ordinary
'montón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alrededor
- buena
- bueno
- cargamento
- desparejada
- desparejado
- montaña
- pila
- potingue
- bola
- ropa
- tambache
English:
accumulation
- busywork
- dozen
- drift
- freebie
- heap
- host
- lash out
- load
- mass
- mound
- neat
- ordinary
- penny
- pile
- potted
- pump
- scrapheap
- snowdrift
- squash
- stack
- lot
- middle
- pack
- wad
- wood
* * *montón nm1. [pila] heap, pile;roba dos cartas del montón take two cards from the pile;Famdel montón ordinary, run-of-the-mill2. Fam [cantidad]un montón de loads of;me gusta un montón I'm mad about him;me duele un montón it hurts like mad;pregúntale a él que sabe un montón de astronomía ask him, he knows loads about astronomy;a montones by the bucketload;tiene dinero a montones she's got loads of money, she's loaded;en verano vienen turistas a montones in summer the place is crawling with tourists* * *montónm pile, heap;ser del montón fig be average, not stand out;montones de fam piles of fam , loads of fam ;tiene coches a montones she has loads of cars;había gente a montones there were loads of people;me gusta un montón fam I’m crazy about him/her fam* * *montón nm, pl -tones1) : heap, pile2) fam : ton, loadun montón de preguntas: a ton of questionsmontones de gente: loads of people* * *montón n1. (pila) pilesobre la mesa había un montón de revistas there was a pile of magazines on the table2. (cantidad) lotsun montón de regalos lots of presentsa montones loadstiene libros a montones she's got loads of books
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.
