Dabeed

Is anyone familiar with a Spanish game or toy involving a ball(?) and is called something like tontoròn? A friend was describing her roly-poly boss in this way.

Thanks!

exxcéntrica

Tontorrón is often used in Spain, but is has nothing to do with a game.

Tonto, tontorrón, tontarrás.....all mean rather silly, stupid,.

tontorrón is not all that unfriendly in Spain.

These are translations have found for tontorrón:
silly-billy which is a bit old-fashioned nowadays
dingbat
cuckoo
wally
dunderhead

I don't know if you referred to that.

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Dabeed

Thank you. I just found out it is not a game she is referring to, but a name that is given for when an insect flies around and around a light at night until it falls to the ground. Apparently it must be somewhat colloquial., maybe for her region.