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montículo

mound

noun mon-TEE-koo-loh Rare

Origin: From Latin monticulus, diminutive of mons (mountain).

Also means

hillock

Usage Note

Montículo is a small natural or artificial mound or hillock — smaller than a hill (colina) and often man-made or archaeological in context. In baseball (popular in Latin America and Spain), el montículo is the pitcher's mound. The written accent is required on the antepenultimate syllable to signal proparoxytone stress.

Examples

"El lanzador subió al montículo."

Natural Translation

The pitcher stepped up to the mound.

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