grutesco
Spanish, noun[gɾuˈt̪esko]
grutesco is spelled G-R-U-T-E-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grutesco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grotesque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Todo lo relativo a la gruta”.
What does grutesco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrotesque
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Todo lo relativo a la gruta. 2. Ornamentación caprichosa en que se representan animales fantásticos, seres mitológicos, flores, vegetales, frutas, entrelazados entre ellos y dispuestos en la característica composición llamada a candelieri (de candelabros), es decir colocado el dibujo o el relieve simétricamente a un lado y otro de un eje central.
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 grutesco
- grutescos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grutesco?
- [gɾuˈt̪esko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grutesco in Spanish?
grutesco appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).