pintamonas
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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
Synonyms: don nadie, mindundi, pelagatos
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=== Further reading ===
“pintamonas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025