mono [ˈmɒnəʊ]
mono(
ma
-
no
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (sound recording)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. mono
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A mono copy of that album is an extreme rarity.Una copía mono de ese álbum es una rareza.
b. monaural
I like the Beatles' mono records better because they have a warmer sound to them.Me gustan más los discos monoaurales de los Beatles porque su sonido es más cálido.
c. monofónico
We want to only use mono recordings because the speakers are in separate rooms.Solo queremos usar grabaciones monofónicas porque los parlantes están en cuartos separados.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (sound recording)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. el mono
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The band's first album was only released in mono, not in stereo.El primer álbum del grupo solo fue sacado en mono, no en estéreo.
3. (illness)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. la mononucleosis
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Where's Patrick? - He has mono, so he can't come to work.¿Dónde está Patrick? - Tiene mononucleosis, así que no puede venir al trabajo.
A prefix is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word to create a new word with a different meaning (e.g. auto, pre).
prefix
4. (one)
mono
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
in monoen mono(aural)
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el mono, la mona(
moh
-
noh
)This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of person it refers to (e.g. el doctor, la doctora).
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
2. (clothing)
a. overalls (with bib)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Además de ser ropa de trabajo, los monos llegaron a estar bastante de moda en los noventa.In addition to being work-clothes, overalls came to be quite fashionable in the nineties.
b. dungarees (with bib) (United Kingdom)
Mi padre siempre se ponía el mono para arreglar el coche.My father always put on his dungarees to work on the car.
c. jumpsuit (fashion)
Mírame en esta foto de secundaria con el mono morado. ¡Dios mío, qué horror!Look at me in this high school picture in a purple jumpsuit. Oh my God— it's horrible!
3. (cards)
a. joker
Una baraja de naipes debería venir con dos monos.A deck of cards should come with two jokers.
4. (comic)
a. cartoon (Southern Cone)
De niño, siempre me gustaba leer los monos del periódico.I always liked reading the cartoons in the newspaper when I was a kid.
5. (medicine)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. withdrawal symptoms
Estaba con el mono porque no se había pinchado en dos días.He was having withdrawal symptoms because he hadn't shot up in two days.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
6. (nice)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
a. cute
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
¡Mira el cachorro! ¡Qué mono!Look at the puppy! He's so cute!
b. lovely
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
¡Esa bufanda es súper mona!That scarf is really lovely!
7. (hair color)
Regionalism used in Colombia
(Colombia)
8. (audio)
a. mono
Vamos a grabarlo en mono en vez de estéreo.We're going to record it in mono instead of stereo.
A prefix is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word to create a new word with a different meaning (e.g. auto, pre).
prefix
9. (one)
a. mono
Ninguna empresa debe tener un monopolio de la industria.No single company should have a monopoly on the industry.
mono
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (colloquial)
a. lovely
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (animal)
a. monkey
3. (colloquial)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
¿qué miras? ¿tengo monos en la cara?what are you looking at? have I got two heads or something?
4. (colloquial)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
ser el último monoto be bottom of the heap
5. (prenda; con mangas)
a. overalls (United Kingdom)
b. coveralls
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
6. (con peto)
a. dungarees (United Kingdom)
b. boiler suit (United Kingdom)
c. overalls
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
7. (ropa deportiva)
Regionalism used in Venezuela
(Venezuela)
a. tracksuit
8. (colloquial)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. withdrawal symptoms
un ladrón estaba con el monoa thief who was desperate for drugs
tengo mono de playaI'm dying to go to the beach
mono
1 (Zoología) monkey
¡mono! (a niño) you little monkey!
mono araña spider monkey
mono aullador howler monkey
2 [de drogadicto] withdrawal symptoms
plural
; (p) cold turkey (familiar) estar con el mono to be suffering withdrawal symptoms; have gone cold turkey (familiar); tener mono de fama to crave fame
3 (traje de faena) overalls
plural
; (p) boiler suit; [de calle] jumpsuit; (con peto) dungarees plural
; (p)mono de aviador flying suit
mono de esquí ski suit
mono de vuelo flying suit
10
tener monos en la cara
no me mirarían más ni que tuviera monos en la cara they couldn't have stared at me more if I had come from the moon
estar de monos to be at daggers drawn
meter los monos a algn (Latinoamérica) to put the wind up sb (familiar)
ser un mono de repetición to repeat things like a parrot
ser el último mono to be a nobody
mono de imitación copycat (familiar)
mono
monoa mona
(Col) (rubio) blond(e) (person)
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Phrases with "mono"
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| mono- | mono- | |
| eres mono | you're cute | |
| qué mono | how cute | |
| chico mono | cute boy | |
| ser mono | to be cute | |
| mono araña | spider monkey |
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