montones

/monˈtones/ · B2 · pron

lots

⛰️ montón = monte (mount) + -ón (big): a big mound, so montones = heaps

From Spanish monte, mountain, plus the augmentative -ón. A montón is a heap or pile, and montones means piles of something, so lots. Like English mounds of work or a mountain of laundry.

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