Montón in english
Heap
pronunciation: hip part of speech: noun
pronunciation: hip part of speech: noun
In gestures
montón = congeries ; heap ; stack ; wadge ; pile ; stash ; slew.
Example: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.Example: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Example: Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.Example: By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.Example: However, it would be a time consuming task for the student or researcher to sit down with piles of periodicals, frantically scanning contents lists to try to trace articles on his chosen topic.Example: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.Example: His work includes 47 novels, and slews of essays, plays, reviews, poems, histories, and public speeches.more:
» aburrir un montón = bore + Nombre + to tears ; bore + Nombre + to death ; bore + Nombre + stiff .
Example: However, before becoming the vivacious student we all loved, Camilla was stuck in a job that bored her to tears. Example: Money matters bored her to death. Example: She has just been fired by one of the city's top law firms because she had the honesty to admit the work bored her stiff.» ahorrar un montón = save + a ton .
Example: You can save a ton by bundling your high speed internet service, phone service and cable tv all in one package.» ahorrar un montón (de dinero) = save + a bundle (of money) .
Example: The book is entitled 'Build your own LAN and save a bundle'.» ahorrar un montón de dinero = save + a ton of money .
Example: On the bright side, by doing that they save a ton of money on makeup and costumes.» a montón(es) = aplenty [a-plenty] ; galore ; enough to sink a (battle)ship ; coming out of + Posesivo + ears .
Example: The article 'CD-ROM licenses: pitfalls aplenty!' advises how to deal with the licenses which subscribers are required to sign on purchase of CD-ROM products for use in libraries = El artículo "Las licencias de CD-ROM: ¡dificultades a montón!" aconseja cómo negociar las licencias que los suscriptores tienen que firmar al comprar productos CD-ROM para uso en la biblioteca. Example: There have been promises galore made to delegation after delegation of the film industry, but all the promises have been just promises, hollow and empty. Example: The evening kicked off with drinks at the bar and enough food to sink a ship, so stomachs were lined for what lay ahead. Example: But the American man and woman on the street -- the ones with two kids, a mortgage and bills coming out of their ears -- stand powerless as their jobs vanish.» a montones = in (their) droves ; by the sackful ; by the ton ; in shiploads ; in vast quantities ; in large quantities ; by the bucketful ; by the bucketload ; by the cartload [También se usa by cartloads] ; by the carload .
Example: Industry sales eventually peaked in 1993, and the artificial bubble burst as disillusioned speculators left the comic book market in droves, never to return. Example: Kolya transported the harvested cucumbers to the village store where the locals bought them by the sackful. Example: 200g of chocolate is enough to kill a dog and yet we eat the stuff by the ton every year. Example: From Europe they came in shiploads looking for gold. Example: Standard components can be manufactured in vast quantities, keeping costs down. Example: Vitamins and minerals taken in large quantities, without the advice of a specialist, may affect the human body. Example: I could seriously eat this by the bucketful without any regrets whatsoever. Example: Those one-off singles may sell by the bucketload but everyone knows that has nothing to do with good music. Example: The disease raged for sixty days, killing by the cartload. Example: This highly anticipated family event has attracted consumers by the carload.» a montón(es) = aplenty [a-plenty] ; galore ; enough to sink a (battle)ship ; coming out of + Posesivo + ears .
Example: The article 'CD-ROM licenses: pitfalls aplenty!' advises how to deal with the licenses which subscribers are required to sign on purchase of CD-ROM products for use in libraries = El artículo "Las licencias de CD-ROM: ¡dificultades a montón!" aconseja cómo negociar las licencias que los suscriptores tienen que firmar al comprar productos CD-ROM para uso en la biblioteca. Example: There have been promises galore made to delegation after delegation of the film industry, but all the promises have been just promises, hollow and empty. Example: The evening kicked off with drinks at the bar and enough food to sink a ship, so stomachs were lined for what lay ahead. Example: But the American man and woman on the street -- the ones with two kids, a mortgage and bills coming out of their ears -- stand powerless as their jobs vanish.» a montones = by the shipload .
Example: Glass beads from Italy and Czechoslovakia were imported by the shipload and used like money for trading.» a montón(es) = aplenty [a-plenty] ; galore ; enough to sink a (battle)ship ; coming out of + Posesivo + ears .
Example: The article 'CD-ROM licenses: pitfalls aplenty!' advises how to deal with the licenses which subscribers are required to sign on purchase of CD-ROM products for use in libraries = El artículo "Las licencias de CD-ROM: ¡dificultades a montón!" aconseja cómo negociar las licencias que los suscriptores tienen que firmar al comprar productos CD-ROM para uso en la biblioteca. Example: There have been promises galore made to delegation after delegation of the film industry, but all the promises have been just promises, hollow and empty. Example: The evening kicked off with drinks at the bar and enough food to sink a ship, so stomachs were lined for what lay ahead. Example: But the American man and woman on the street -- the ones with two kids, a mortgage and bills coming out of their ears -- stand powerless as their jobs vanish.» costar un montón = cost + a bundle (of money) ; pay + a pretty penny ; cost + a packet (of money) .
Example: The book is entitled 'Water Pollution Controls to Cost a Bundle'. Example: No matter where you're driving over the limit, you could pay a pretty penny in fines, but it really depends on the city. Example: If you are serious I could send you one but postage from South Africa will cost a packet!.» costar un montón de dinero = cost + a heap of money .
Example: Jackets of this kind could sometimes be found in second-hand clothes stores, but very rarely, and they cost a heap of money.» del montón = unimpressive ; a dime a dozen .
Example: The author deems voice recognition technology to be unimpressive but finds that text-to-speech conversion has greatly improved. Example: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.» desde hace un montón de tiempo = for yonks .
Example: His been a mechanic for yonks and my father has always taken his cars there and now I am too.» escribir un montón de = write + reams (and reams) .
Example: Over the years, she wrote reams and reams of stories, but never really did anything with them, and eventually these were lost in one way or another.» ganar un montón = make + a bundle (of money) ; make + a pile (of money) ; make + a bomb .
Example: For men who wanted to make a bundle of money quickly, and who had no scruples about how to do so, the livestock rustling business was booming in northeastern Montana. Example: Savvy merchants that stocked up when the price was low are in a good position to make a pile of money. Example: A shoddy company is not meant to give you a permanent solution because their main focus is to make a bomb.» gastarse un montón = spend + a pretty penny ; spend + a fortune ; spend + a bundle (of money) ; spend + a packet (of money) ; spend + big (bucks) ; spend + big (money) .
Example: I love to look nice and I spend a pretty penny doing so. Example: Rebecca wants to give her home an exterior makeover, but doesn't want to spend a fortune. Example: You don't have to spend a bundle unless you buy new and want the very very best and latest. Example: Webcams mean that everyone can operate their own video security systems without spending a packet. Example: More runners are spending big bucks on orthotics. Example: The World Cup is such a big business for some of the world's largest corporations that many countries spend big money for the right to host it.» gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on) ; go to + town on ; spend + a ton of money ; splash out on .
Example: The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity. Example: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans. Example: It is easy to get in the mindset that vacation is a time to spoil oneself, and that is true, but it shouldn't translate into spending a ton of money. Example: While the rest of the lads are splashing out on luxury cars or expensive holidays in the sun -- O'Brien is pumping the money back into the farmland.» hace un montón de tiempo = yonks .
Example: I've been pseudo-vegetarian for a few years now - I usually reserve meat for when we dine out - so it's been yonks since I cooked fish.» llegar a montones = pour in .
Example: A famous astrologist has recently predicted a tsunami will hit the Thai coast in December and cancellations are pouring in.» montón de estiércol = muck heap .
Example: No one likes mucking out, and a muck heap is an unwanted but necessary part of horse keeping.» montones = scores ; oodles .
Example: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead. Example: For me it's not just about her technical skill, of which Megan has oodles, but about her ability to connect with her clients.» montón(es) de = mountain(s) of [Una gran cantidad de] .
Example: Implementation of the image processing system meant this mountain of paper could be transformed into electronic form on easily transported optical disks.» montones de = oodles of ; scores of ; lashings of .
Example: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document. Example: Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply. Example: End your meal on a naughty-but-nice note with one of these mouth-watering desserts, served with lashings of home-made custard.» montones y montones (de) = oodles and oodles (of) .
Example: Almost immediately after the purchase, the media began to speculate about the 'oodles and oodles of money' that the company was already losing.» pagar un montón = pay + a pretty penny .
Example: No matter where you're driving over the limit, you could pay a pretty penny in fines, but it really depends on the city.» querer un montón = love + Nombre + to bits ; love + Nombre + to death .
Example: But it was their first car and they loved it to bits. Example: I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her -- we have the craziest times together!.» tener montones de = have + bags of .
Example: His colleagues would say he's as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.» un montón = like crazy ; like mad ; like it's going out of style ; like hell .
Example: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy. Example: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish. Example: My pup chases her tail like it's going out of style. Example: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.» un montón de = a pile of ; a stack of ; a bundle of ; a truckload of ; a sackful of ; a raft of ; a trunkful of ; a bucketful of ; a bucketload of ; reams of ; a bashful of ; a heap of ; a cartload of ; a load of ; a carload of ; a slew of ; a swag of [Expresión usada principalmente en Australia y Nueva Zelanda] .
Example: All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out. Example: They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork. Example: Works that are copyrighted have a bundle of rights associated with them. Example: He risked unpopularity by privatizing the bus service and using savings for a truckload of classroom computers. Example: This release introduces more new features and includes another sackful of bug fixes. Example: We've had a raft of excuses and not one apology. Example: The elephant stood there, delicately chewing trunkfuls of grass, until we noticed him blocking out the sun. Example: That was what that drill corporal himself thought, for he got really angry with those persons who had thrown the bucketful of water over me. Example: If reports are to be believed, the Moon may have bucketloads of water. Example: 400 pages of interrogations, once closely guarded as secrets of war, were discovered along with reams of other classified documents by a reporter. Example: I mentioned this on some other forum and got a bashful of comments. Example: A battered three-cornered hat stuck out of the heap of rubbish that was piled in the chest. Example: Planning a bachelorette party doesn't require cartloads of cash -- all it takes are a few creative ideas!. Example: Recent awards given to the company has generated loads of media attention from around the world. Example: The members of the cabinet stated that they had not been influenced in the decision by the carloads of petitions that had come in from all parts of the United States. Example: After a slew of complaints from users, the company has acknowledged an issue with their latest smartphone in which the screen goes black for no apparent reason. Example: She isn't someone who seeks the limelight but it's hard not to draw attention to yourself when you travel to New Zealand to compete and come home with a swag of medals.» un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money ; a bundle of money ; a stash of money .
Example: They stand to gain or lose a huge amount of money depending on the scale to which the strategy is implemented. Example: Frank found a bundle of money in plain view in one of the dresser's drawers in his hotel room. Example: He remembered that Perkins had a stash of money hidden in a laundry bag underneath the stairs in the basement.» valer un montón = cost + a bundle (of money) ; cost + a packet (of money) .
Example: The book is entitled 'Water Pollution Controls to Cost a Bundle'. Example: If you are serious I could send you one but postage from South Africa will cost a packet!.