puro
Spanish, noun/ˈpuɾo/
puro is spelled P-U-R-O (4 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,499th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cigar, puro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enrollado de hojas de tabaco secas en forma de cigarro”.
What does puro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pure, clear
- 2
alone, sheer, mere, just, nothing less than
adverb
- 1
only, merely
noun
- 1
masculinecigar, puro
- 2
Spaincolloquialmasculinea fine (especially a big one)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no ha sido contaminado. 2. Dicho de una persona, que jamás ha tenido relación sexual alguna. 3. Contrario a lo relacionado con la sexualidad o erotismo. 4. Dicho de un verbo: que no es incoativo.
noun: 1. Enrollado de hojas de tabaco secas en forma de cigarro. 2. Cannabis 3. Castigo o sanción.
adverb: 1. En una única actividad.
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 puro
- pura feminine
- puros masculine plural
- puras feminine plural
- purísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puro?
- /ˈpuɾo/
- [ˈpu.ɾo]
- [ˈpuɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puro in Spanish?
puro appears 34 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).