A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Si quieres ganar dinero rápidamente, deberías jugar al póquer. Gané un montón jugando por Internet.If you want to win quick money, you should play poker. I made loads playing online.
un hombre del montónjust an ordinary o average chap;salirse del montónto stand out from the crowd
en montónall jumbled together
2(mucho)
sabe un montónhe knows loads (familiar);tenemos montoneswe've got loads o masses (familiar);un montón deloads of (familiar);masses of (familiar);un montón de genteloads of people (familiar);masses of people (familiar);tardaron un montón de tiempothey took ages;tengo un montón de cosas que decirteI've got loads to tell you (familiar);a montones: ejemplos hay a montonesthere is no shortage of examples;tenía baches a montonesit was full of potholes