a punta pala
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Asturian
[edit ]Adverb
[edit ]- in spades; heaps
- 1987, Luis Díez Tejón, Esta tierra en que nacimos:
- -¡Yá! Pues trai nel periódicu que los que garren meyor la enfermedá son los neños y tán cayendo a punta pala
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Spanish
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Adverb
[edit ]- (Spain , idiomatic , colloquial ) in spades, in droves, loads, heaps, a shedload
- Synonyms: a mansalva , a paladas , a patadas , a raudales , a punta de pala
- 2011, Dan Lungu, El paraíso de las gallinas:
- Anda, Mitu, cuéntanos la de tu suegro, el que tenía parné a punta pala.
- Come on, Mitu, tell us the one about your dad-in-law, the one who's got heaps of cash.