mamotreto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mammothreptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mamoˈtɾeto/ [ma.moˈt̪ɾe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ma‧mo‧tre‧to

Noun

mamotreto m (plural mamotretos)

1. huge object

   Synonym: armatoste

2. (humorous) doorstop (large book)

Further reading

• “mamotreto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024