What does una barbaridad mean?

ExpressionColoquial

a fortune — an absurd amount

A lot, and too much. It works for money, for food, for distances and for any quantity that gets away from you. It often appears in the negative to reassure somebody: tampoco es una barbaridad.

Comimos una barbaridad y encima nos cobraron poco.
Excess, reported with some satisfaction.

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Unit 03

¿Qué tal está el piso?

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