mortadelo

Ido

Noun

mortadelo (plural mortadeli)

  1. mortadella

Spanish

Etymology

From Mortadelo y Filemón, a successful comic strip from Spain. The main characters are oddball detectives.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moɾtaˈdelo/ [moɾ.t̪aˈð̞e.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: mor‧ta‧de‧lo

Noun

mortadelo m (plural mortadelos)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) Monopoly money
  2. (Spain, colloquial) James Bond; spy (especially said of the secret police of the Mossos d'Esquadra)
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