monstruo
Spanish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmonstɾwo/ [ˈmõns.t̪ɾwo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -onstɾwo
- Syllabification: mons‧truo
Noun
[edit]monstruo m (plural monstruos)
- monster, beast, behemoth
- juggernaut
- monster, reprehensible person.
- 2023 July 8, Renzo Gómez Vega, ““Que atrapen a ese monstruo”: el pastor evangélico José Linares, denunciado por violación por su propia hija ["I hope they catch that monster": Evangelical pastor José Linares accused of rape by his own daughter]”, in El País[1]:
- (colloquial) freak, creep
- ¿Qué tipo de monstruo se pone los zapatos antes de ponerse la ropa interior?
- What kind of freak puts on their shoes before their underwear?
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “monstruo”, 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
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