tonga

stack

USAGE NOTE

This word must be preceded by the indefinite article when it is used to refer to a large amount of something.

tonga(tohn-gah)

feminine noun

1. (neat pile)

(Cuba)

a. stack

Mario llevaba una tonga de revistas bajo el brazo.

Mario carried a stack of magazines under his arm.

b. pile

Dejé la ropa planchada y ordenadita en tongas.

I ironed the clothes and put them in neat piles.

2.

(colloquial)

(a large amount)

(Cuba)

a. a ton

(colloquial)

Tenemos una tonga de trabajo que hacer esta semana.

We have a ton of work to do this week.

b. loads

(colloquial)

Por favor, no me molesten. Tengo una tonga de cosas que hacer.

Please don't bother me. I've got loads of things to do.

c. a stack

(colloquial)

Venancio pagó una tonga de dinero por ese auto.

Venancio paid a stack of cash for that car.

Tonga

noun

1. Tonga

tonga

1 (capa) layer; stratum; [de ladrillos] course

2 (Caribe) (México) (montón) pile

3 (And) (Aragón) (S. Cone) (tarea) job; task; (tanda) spell of work

4 (And) (siesta) nap