pintamonas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of pinta (“to paint”) +‎ monas (“monkeys”), from pintar la mona.

Noun

pintamonas m or f by sense (plural pintamonas)

1. (colloquial) a novice painter; a painter with poor skills
2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone unimportant yet pretentious, a nobody

   Synonyms: don nadie, mindundi, pelagatos

Related terms

• pintar
• pintar la mona

 

Further reading

• “pintamonas”, 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