buró
Spanish, noun
buró is spelled B-U-R-Ó (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buró is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “writing desk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, buro is a different word: “fuller's earth (fine white-blueish clay)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escritorio que tiene una parte más alta que el tablero, provista de cajones, el cual se cierra levantando el…”.
What does buró mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewriting desk
- 2
Mexicomasculinea nightstand
noun
- 1
masculinefuller's earth (fine white-blueish clay)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escritorio que tiene una parte más alta que el tablero, provista de cajones, el cual se cierra levantando el propio tablero o, si este es fijo, mediante una cubierta de tablillas paralelas articuladas. 2. En ciertas instituciones políticas, órgano colegiado de dirección. 3. Mesa de noche.
noun: 1. Greda.
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 buró
- buros plural
- burós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to buró
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buró in Spanish?
buró appears 1.5 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).