bruto
Spanish, noun/ˈbɾuto/
bruto is spelled B-R-U-T-O (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “brute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animal cualquiera, en oposición al hombre”.
What does bruto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ignorant, stupid
- 2
uncouth, clumsy
- 3
gross (total, excluding deductions)
noun
- 1
masculinebrute
- 2
masculineignorant, stupid person
- 3
masculineviolent, uncouth person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Carente de racionalidad, cultura o formación. 2. Tosco y primitivo en sus hábitos. 3. Que no ha sido refinado, y se encuentra en el estado en que se produce naturalmente. 4. Dicho de una cifra, sin los ajustes correspondientes a coeficientes o retenciones.
noun: 1. Animal cualquiera, en oposición al hombre. 2. Crudo, petróleo bruto₃ o sin refinar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bruto
- bruta feminine
- brutos masculine plural
- brutas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bruto?
- /ˈbɾuto/
- [ˈbɾu.t̪o]
- [ˈbɾut̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bruto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bruto in Spanish?
bruto appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).