rudimento
Spanish, noun/rudiˈmento/
rudimento is spelled R-U-D-I-M-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rudimento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rudiment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier cosa en sus inicios, aún sin desarrollar”.
What does rudimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerudiment
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquier cosa en sus inicios, aún sin desarrollar. 2. Estado inicial o primordial e informe de un ser vivo. 3. Parte de un ser vivo que está imperfectamente desarrollada, sin desarrollar, o que ya no tiene función. 4. En percusión, ejercicio de patrones básicos para desarrollar la habilidad de las manos.
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 rudimento
- rudimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rudimento?
- /rudiˈmento/
- [ru.ð̞iˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ruð̞iˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rudimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rudimento in Spanish?
rudimento appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).