laepelba
August 20, 2010, 05:45 AM
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 :)
Thanks, Lord JPablo - very helpful - especially the last two examples. :)
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 :)
Thanks, Lord JPablo - very helpful - especially the last two examples. :)