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Dabeed · 05-09-2008, 07:30 AM

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

Thanks!

exxc�ntrica · 05-09-2008, 12:00 PM

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.

Dabeed · 05-12-2008, 11:14 AM

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.

05-09-2008, 07:30 AM	#1
Dabeed Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 11	A fool's game Is anyone familiar with a Spanish game or toy involving a ball(?) and is called something like tontor�n? A friend was describing her roly-poly boss in this way. Thanks!

05-09-2008, 12:00 PM	#2
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 754 Rep Power: 531	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. __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

05-12-2008, 11:14 AM	#3
Dabeed Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 11	Tontorr�n 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.

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