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monda

peel

noun MOHN-dah Rare
Food & Drink Fruits

Also means

hilarious thing

Usage Note

Monda primarily means the peel or skin of a fruit, but in colloquial Spain it also means something hysterically funny — ser la monda ('to be a riot'). The feminine noun monda also appears in the compound mondadientes (toothpick). This double sense can confuse learners encountering it in informal contexts.

Examples

"Guarda la monda del limón para la receta."

Natural Translation

Keep the lemon peel for the recipe.

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