mejunje
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USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "menjurje" in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, or "menjunje" in the Andes and the Southern Cone.
el mejunje(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (substance)
Me pregunto qué será el mejunje que Eladio tiene en esta olla.I wonder what the concoction Eladio has in this pot is.
Leo dice que es un experto en coctelería, pero no se te ocurra probar sus mejunjes.Leo says he's an expert in cocktails, but don't ever try his concoctions.
b. brew (beverage)
La practicante de medicina china me dijo que tomara un mejunje que olía a pinos y carbón.The Chinese-medicine practitioner told me to drink a brew that smelled like pine trees and coal.
2. (pejorative) (untidy mixture)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).
a. hodgepodge (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
La nueva película del director francés es un mejunje sin sentido de géneros y tramas.The new movie by the French director is a senseless hodgepodge of genres and storylines.
b. hotchpotch (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿De modo que a este mejunje lo llaman ustedes un programa de reformas?So you call this hotchpotch a reform programme?
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