mogollón

See also: Mogollon

Spanish

Possibly from meollón, theoretic augmentative of meolla, from Latin medulla. If so, cognate with meollo and médula.

IPA^(key): /moɡoˈʝon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʝõn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /moɡoˈʎon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /moɡoˈʃon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /moɡoˈʒon/ [mo.ɣ̞oˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

mogollón m (plural mogollones)

(colloquial, without article, followed by "de") shedload; lot (large amount)
Synonyms: cantidad, tela, montón
- 2020 December 21, Ferran Bono, Guillermo Vega, Rafa Burgos, “En Londres la gente pasa de llevar mascarilla en la calle y no parece muy preocupada por la nueva cepa [In London people don't bother wearing masks in the street and don't seem very worried about the new variant]”, in El País‎^[1]:
  “Tampoco se mantienen las distancias. Ves a mogollón de gente por la calle sin respetar la separación. En fin, ¿cómo no va a afectar todo eso a los contagios?”, apunta Joan.
  “They don't social distance either. You see a shit-ton of people on the street not respecting social distancing. Anyway, how is all that not going to affect the infection rate?”, says Joan.

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