pintamonas
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of pinta (“to paint”) + monas (“monkeys”), from pintar la mona.
Noun
pintamonas m or f by sense (plural pintamonas)
- (colloquial) a novice painter; a painter with poor skills
- (colloquial, derogatory) someone unimportant yet pretentious, a nobody
Related terms
Further reading
- “pintamonas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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