mono
Meanings
Noun
1. monkey
2. any monkey-looking animal (informal)
3. boiler suit, coveralls, overall, onesie (a one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour)
4. jumpsuit, overalls (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists)
5. jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing)
6. tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear) (Chile, Peru)
7. vagina, vulva (Costa Rica, slang)
8. doll, puppet (Mexico, Chile)
9. doodle (colloquial)
a. cartoon (in the plural, colloquial)
10. withdrawal symptom (colloquial)
Examples70
Esto no es un mono. Es Tom.
That isn't a monkey. It's Tom.
Ziri siempre llevaba mono.
Ziri always wore overalls.
Él se parecía a un mono.
He looked like a monkey.
Es un trabajo de monos.
This work is simple enough for a child to do.
¿A poco me llamaste mono?
Did you just call me a monkey?
¿Qué clase de monos son ésos?
What kind of monkeys are those?