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mondo

pure

adjective MOHN-doh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: From Latin mundus (clean, neat).

Also means

bare

Usage Note

Mondo rarely appears alone in modern Spanish; it is almost always found in the fixed phrase mondo y lirondo, meaning 'pure and simple' or 'completely bare', used to emphasize that something has nothing added or taken away: la verdad monda y lironda. Outside this idiom it is considered archaic or literary. The word is unrelated to the Italian/English mondo meaning 'world'.

Examples

"Dijo la verdad monda y lironda."

Natural Translation

He told the plain, unvarnished truth.

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