Polyglot Dictionary

montón

/monˈton/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los montones

Meaning

  1. pile, heap

    • Tengo un montón de trabajo.

      I have a pile of work.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

lote

Close — both describe a bundled group of items, a lot and a pile/heap.

montículo

Close synonyms for "pile/heap, mound."

Similar in other languages

French

tas

tas is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pile, heap."

Practice

1 What does montón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tengo un ___ de trabajo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches montón?

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