mountain

montaña

Elevación del terreno de gran altura, generalmente con laderas empinadas y una cima.

En inglés sencillo: A very high area of land, usually with steep sides and a top called a peak.

• We climbed a mountain.
• Snow covers the tops of these mountains.
• Their village sits at the foot of the mountain.

Sinónimos: mount

Expresiones frecuentes: climb a mountain, mountain range, mountain path

montón, montaña

Cantidad o montón enorme de algo, o una cosa de tamaño extraordinario.

En inglés sencillo: A very large amount or pile of something, or something unusually big.

• I have a mountain of work.
• Mountains of rubbish lay beside the road.
• He was a mountain of a man.

Cómo se usa: a mountain of something (There was a mountain of laundry on the bed.)

Sinónimos: heap, pile, mass

Expresiones frecuentes: mountain of something, mountain of work, mountain of paperwork