al tuntún

Spanish

Adverb

al tuntún

1. (idiomatic) haphazardly, any old how

   Synonyms: a voleo, sin ton ni son

   • 1910, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de Sangre:

     Atrasados y toscos en todo, nuestras criminales matan con planchas, al tuntún, sin preparar emboscadas, ni escribir cartas sutiles

     Backward and rude in everything, our criminals kill with slabs, haphazardly, without preparing ambushes, or writing subtle letters

Further reading

• “al, o al buen, tuntún”, 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