mogollón

See also: Mogollon

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from meollón, theoretic augmentative of meolla, from Latin medulla. If so, cognate with meollo and médula.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moɡoˈʝon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moɡoˈʝon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /moɡoˈʎon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɡoˈʃon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɡoˈʒon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: mo‧go‧llón

Noun

mogollón m (plural mogollones)

1. (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") shedload; lot (large amount)

   Synonyms: cantidad, tela, montón

   • 2020 December 21, Ferran Bono, Guillermo Vega, Rafa Burgos, “En Londres la gente pasa de llevar mascarilla en la calle y no parece muy preocupada por la nueva cepa [In London people don't bother wearing masks in the street and don't seem very worried about the new variant]”, in El País‎^[1]:

     “Tampoco se mantienen las distancias. Ves a mogollón de gente por la calle sin respetar la separación. En fin, ¿cómo no va a afectar todo eso a los contagios?”, apunta Joan.

     “They don't social distance either. You see a shit-ton of people on the street not respecting social distancing. Anyway, how is all that not going to affect the infection rate?”, says Joan.

Adverb

mogollón

1. (colloquial) a lot; a shitton

   ¡Me mola mogollón! ― It fucking rules!

Further reading

• “mogollón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28