mondo
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A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
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A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
Etimología
From Japanese 問答 (mondō).
adjetivo
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jergaBig, large; major, significant.
[…] I mean, me bein' here has caused us some mondo problems, so I shoulda figured out that not bein' here anymore would cause some more problems — "
Younger gorgeous woman marries older, rich man, lives her life solely for him while reaping the bennies of mondo moolah only to end up dumped by older rich man for newer, younger model.
“You're kidding—you can eat again after that mondo burger you had for lunch?”
Etimología
From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.
adverbio
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jergaVery, extremely, really.
"This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck.
This recipe, from someone who really knows her tiramisu, is mondo rich, utterly divine, and simple.
“Hey, this place is mondo cool. Bowie hangs out there. It's so packed you can hardly get in. And they play industrial out of one set of speakers and the Sex Pistols out of the other. I mean in the same room! Like, at a thousand decibels."
Formas
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- mondos
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- more mondo
- superlativo
- most mondo
mondo · A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
money · A generally accepted means of exchange.Money · A surname.mongrel · Anything of mixed kind. A dog with a lineage of two or more…