a punta pala

Asturian

Adverb

a punta pala

  1. in spades; heaps
    • 1987, Luis Díez Tejón, Esta tierra en que nacimos:
      -¡Yá! Pues trai nel periódicu que los que garren meyor la enfermedá son los neños y tán cayendo a punta pala
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Adverb

a punta pala

  1. (Spain, idiomatic, colloquial) in spades, in droves, loads, heaps, a shedload
    • 2011, Dan Lungu, El paraíso de las gallinas:
      Anda, Mitu, cuéntanos la de tu suegro, el que tenía parné a punta pala.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Synonyms: a mansalva, a patadas, a raudales
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