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crudo

Spanish, noun/ˈkɾudo/

crudo is spelled C-R-U-D-O (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crudo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crude oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tejido basto y resistente de algodón para sacos, forros y otros usos”.

What does crudo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    raw (uncooked)

  2. 2

    undercooked, rare, underdone

  3. 3

    crude (being in a natural state)

  4. 4

    harsh, brutal, blunt

  5. 5

    Mexicocolloquialslanghungover

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecrude oil

  2. 2

    masculinedish made of raw meat or fish

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dice del alimento que no ha sido sometido a la acción del fuego o del calor, para obtener un alimento más fácil de digerir. 2. Se dice del alimento difícil de digerir. 3. Se dice de la seda, el cuero, la lana y telas en su estado natural, que no han sido trabajadas para suavizarlas, teñirlas, etc. 4. Se dice de un color, que es de un blanco amarillento, como la lana cruda.

noun: 1. Tejido basto y resistente de algodón para sacos, forros y otros usos. 2. Plato formado por una rebanada de pan untada con una pasta de carne cruda que está aliñada con jugo de limón (en la creencia de que mata los microbios que pudiera haber), sal, cebolla y otros ingredientes.

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 crudo

  • cruda feminine
  • crudos masculine plural
  • crudas feminine plural
  • crudísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce crudo?

  • /ˈkɾudo/
  • [ˈkɾu.ð̞o]
  • [ˈkɾuð̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to crudo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is crudo in Spanish?

crudo 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).

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