a tutiplén

Spanish

Etymology

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Adverb

a tutiplén

1. (idiomatic) in abundance

   Synonyms: a cascoporro, a cholón, a porrillo, para aburrir, a esgaya

   • 1885, Emilia Pardo Bazán, El cisne de Vilamorta, chapter 6:

     […] y le puse dos docenas de sanguijuelas que sangraron a tutiplén […]

     […] and I put two dozen leeches on her that bled galore […]

Further reading

• “a tutiplén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10