OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10358

monster

/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
monstruo • vestiglo
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
He caught Grendel's right hand, and still without rising from his bed, stopped the monster's onrush.
O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.
fiera • monstruo
A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
He was a party monster. Able to drink and drug just about any member of the Fleetwood Mac family under the table, he did so with regularity and charm.
That dude playing guitar is a monster.
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