mono feo
/mono feo/from spelling rules
The English phrase "ugly monkey" is translated into Spanish as mono feo.
Mono feo is used to describe a monkey that is not pleasant to look at.
How does it change in a sentence?
To say "ugly monkeys" in the plural, both the noun and the adjective must be made plural, resulting in monos feos.
How do you pronounce it?
/mono feo/
Did you know?
- In Spain, the word mono is commonly used as an adjective meaning 'cute' or 'adorable'. This makes the phrase mono feo a literal contradiction, as it translates to both 'ugly monkey' and 'ugly cute'.
- The word mono is a distant relative of the English word 'monkey', as both traces their origins back to the Arabic word maymūn.
Examples in context
- El diseño de ese automóvil es como un mono feo.The design of that car is like an ugly monkey.
- No me gusta su nuevo peinado, parece un mono horrible.I don't like their new hairstyle, they look like an awful monkey.
- Ese es un mono feo.That is an ugly monkey.
- Vi un mono feo en el zoológico.I saw an ugly monkey at the zoo.
- El dibujo es de un mono feo.The drawing is of an ugly monkey.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are looking at a picture in a book.
- Alejandro¿Viste el dibujo del mono feo?Did you see the drawing of the ugly monkey?
- SofíaSí, es un mono feo de verdad.Yes, it is truly an ugly monkey.
- AlejandroNo me gusta cómo es.I don't like how it looks.
- SofíaA mí tampoco, Alejandro.Me neither, Alejandro.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries feo, mono, CC BY-SA 4.0.
