What does mona in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word mona in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mona in Spanish.

The word mona in Spanish means female monkey, pissed, plastered, Easter cake, ape, copy cat, leg armour, leg protection, bow, ribbon, emblem made of ribbons, mannequin, skinful, monkey, overalls, cute, adorable, fair, withdrawal symptoms, blond, oaf, troll, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, Barbary ape, Barbary macaque, common macaque. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mona

female monkey

nombre femenino (hembra del mono)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mona cuida de sus crías.
The female monkey takes care of her offspring.

pissed, plastered

nombre femenino (coloquial (borrachera) (colloquial)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Tiene una mona que no se puede mantener de pie.
He's so plastered that he can't stand on his own feet.

Easter cake

nombre femenino (ES (torta que se come en Pascua)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ape, copy cat

nombre femenino (persona imitadora) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No hagas la mona y deja de copiar todo lo que hacen tus compañeros.
Quit being an ape (or: copy cat) and stop copying everything your classmates are doing.

leg armour, leg protection

nombre femenino (tauromaquia: armadura pierna) (bullfighting)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El torero se puso la mona en la pierna derecha antes de salir a la plaza.
The bullfighter put the leg armour on his right leg before heading out to the ring.

bow, ribbon

nombre femenino (lazo para la cabeza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La niña se colocó una moña en la cabeza.

emblem made of ribbons

nombre femenino (tauromaquia: cinta) (bullfighting)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le colocó la moña al toro como divisa.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. He placed an emblem made of ribbons on the bull's back.

mannequin

nombre femenino (maniquí)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El vestido luce bien en la moña, pero no se si lucirá bien en mí.
The dress looks nice on the shop dummy, but I don't know if it will look good on me.

skinful

nombre femenino (MX, coloquial (borrachera) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se pescó una moña de aquellas con ginebra.

monkey

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (simio, primate)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El mono saltaba de una rama a otra con gran agilidad. La mona cuida de sus crías.
The monkey was leaping from branch to branch with great agility.

overalls

nombre masculino (traje de trabajo)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
El mecánico usa un mono en el taller para proteger su ropa.
A mechanic uses overalls in the workshop to protect his clothes.

cute, adorable

adjetivo (coloquial (bonito, lindo, gracioso) (colloquial)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La condesa lucía un sombrero muy mono en las carreras de caballos de Ascot.
The Countess was wearing an adorable hat at the horse races at Ascot.

fair

adjetivo (CO (persona: rubia)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La profesora de matemáticas es una señora mona con los ojos azules.
The math professor is a fair woman with blue eyes.

withdrawal symptoms

nombre masculino (coloquial (síndrome de abstinencia) (drugs, habits)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Hace dos días que no fumo y ya tengo mono.
I haven't smoked for two days and now I've got withdrawal symptoms.

blond

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (CO (persona rubia) (male)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A Laura le encanta aquel mono.
Laura loves that blond.

oaf, troll

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (coloquial (persona muy fea)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No entiendo por qué Carla sale con ese mono.
I don't understand why Carla's going out with that oaf.

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

expresión (peyorativo (mujer: fea pero presumida)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Siempre va vestida de diseño, pero aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

expresión (figurado (la apariencia no cambia el fondo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Barbary ape, Barbary macaque, common macaque

locución nominal con flexión de género (primate catarrino)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El mono de Gibraltar tiene el pelaje pardo amarillento.
The Barbary ape has yellowish-brown fur.

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