al tuntún

Spanish

Adverb

(idiomatic) haphazardly, any old how
Synonyms: a voleo, sin ton ni son
- 1910, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de Sangre:
  Atrasados y toscos en todo, nuestras criminales matan con planchas, al tuntún, sin preparar emboscadas, ni escribir cartas sutiles
  Backward and rude in everything, our criminals kill with slabs, haphazardly, without preparing ambushes, or writing subtle letters

Further reading

“al, o al buen, tuntún”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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