a mansalva

Spanish

Adverb

a mansalva

1. (idiomatic) in spades, in droves, loads, heaps

   Synonyms: a mogollón, a montones, a patadas, a punta pala, a raudales, para aburrir, para parar un tren

   • 1910, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de Sangre:

     alió monstruosamente sus músculos al histerismo de ella en el altar del matrimonio, para explotar a mansalva amores pasajeros

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (obsolete) securely

Further reading

• “a mansalva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10