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Old August 19, 2010, 04:55 PM
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Okay - this is all very helpful!! Thanks, everyone. By the way, I was just trying to over-exaggerate my examples. Why can't someone have a whole bunch of boyfriends at the same time?

By the way, I heard the word "montón" used a lot in Argentina. Is that kind of like saying "a lot" of something? Cool word!
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Old August 19, 2010, 05:26 PM
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Okay - this is all very helpful!! Thanks, everyone. By the way, I was just trying to over-exaggerate my examples. Why can't someone have a whole bunch of boyfriends at the same time?

By the way, I heard the word "montón" used a lot in Argentina. Is that kind of like saying "a lot" of something? Cool word!
En Chile la usamos un montón. The word...
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Sí, en España también se usa un montón... y también "a montones".
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¿Qué es "a montones"?
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hahahah!

by (the) lots
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Yup, Oxford Superlex gives,
montón (b)
(gran cantidad): había un montón de gente = there were loads o (BrE) masses of people (colloq);
tiene montones de amigos = she’s got loads o (BrE) masses of friends (colloq);
me duele un montón = it hurts like hell (colloq);
me gusta un montón = I’m crazy about her/it (colloq);
tiene discos a montones = she’s got heaps o stacks of records (colloq);
la gente los compra a montones = people buy them by the barrelful o cartload
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Why can't someone have a whole bunch of boyfriends at the same time?
Because that would not be kind to other girls.
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Because that would not be kind to other girls.
... or to the other boyfriends.
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....all's fair in love and war....
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....all's fair in love and war....
I concede defeat
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