Regionalisms from Spain
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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).
masculine or feminine noun 1. (animal)
a. monkey Los monos, como los seres humanos, son primates. Monkeys, like human beings, are primates.
b. ape El mono salió de entre la vegetación y empezó a golpearse el pecho. The ape jumped out of the jungle and began to beat his chest.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun 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.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (medicine) 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).
adjective 6.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (nice) 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!
c. pretty ¡Vaya! ¡Qué vestido más mono! Wow! What a pretty dress!
7. (hair color)
Regionalism used in Colombia
(Colombia) a. blond (masculine) Su hermano era alto y mono. Her brother was tall and blond.
b. blonde (feminine) Mi madre era mona. Era de ascendencia alemana. My mother was blonde. She was of German descent.
8. (audio)
a. mono Vamos a grabarlo en mono en vez de estéreo. We're going to record it in mono instead of stereo.
Copyright © Curiosity Media Inc. mono
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 3. (colloquial)
a. ¿qué miras? ¿tengo monos en la cara? what are you looking at? have I got two heads or something?
4. (colloquial)
a. ser el último mono to 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) 8. (colloquial)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain) a. withdrawal symptoms un ladrón estaba con el mono a thief who was desperate for drugs
tengo mono de playa I'm dying to go to the beach
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mono
1 (Zoología) monkey ¡mono! (a niño) you little monkey!
mono araña spider monkey El acrobático [mono araña] (Ateles sp.) y el choro (Alouatta seniculus) que ha asustado a más de un turista con sus aullidos que imitan los del jaguar.
mono aullador howler monkey Ejemplos de primates: [lemur de cola anillada,] mandril, chimpancé y [mono aullador rojo.] Delfines, ballenas y focas.
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
están ávidos y /tienen mono de poder/ maldisimula su mono de fama y su necesidad convulsa de protagonismo No tiene " mono" de escribir? y, luego, hacer una película, porque ya tengo "mono" de cine"
3 (traje de faena) overalls plural
; (p) boiler suit; [de calle] jumpsuit; (con peto) dungarees plural
; (p) Vestía un mono de tirantes, unas botas de agua, y un anorak
mono de aviador flying suit Ella luce mono de aviador, en cuero viejo, que se abrocha delante
mono de esquí ski suit
mono de vuelo flying suit
4 (hombre feo) ugly devil 5 (figura) cartoon or caricature figure; monos (S. Cone) doodles monos animados (S. Cone) cartoons
7 (policía) cop (familiar) 8 (seña) sign between lovers; (between lovers) hacerse monos to make eyes at each other
10 no lo aguantaría ni que fuera yo un mono
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
adjective
1 (bonito) pretty; lovely; (simpático) nice; cute una chica muy mona a lovely o very pretty girl; ¡qué sombrero más mono! what a nice o cute little hat!
mono a mona
adjective
(Latinoamérica) (amarillo) yellow; (rubio) blond; (rojizo) reddish blond; (Col) (rubio) blond(e) (person)
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