tarugo
Spanish, noun/taˈɾuɡo/
tarugo is spelled T-A-R-U-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tarugo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “peg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedazo de madera que sirve para apretar las ensambladuras de los maderos, haciendo oficios de llave”.
What does tarugo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
MexicoSpaincolloquialdumb
noun
- 1
masculinepeg
- 2
masculinea wooden peg; a dowel
noun
- 1
MexicoSpaincolloquialmasculinean ignorant person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedazo de madera que sirve para apretar las ensambladuras de los maderos, haciendo oficios de llave. 2. Taco generalmente plástico, para asegurar tornillos. 3. Golosina agridulce hecha con tamarindo, chile, sal o azúcar, generalmente de forma cilíndrica, aunque también pueden ser de forma esférica u oblonga.
adjective: 1. Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento.
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 tarugo
- taruga feminine
- tarugos masculine plural
- tarugas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tarugo?
- /taˈɾuɡo/
- [t̪aˈɾu.ɣ̞o]
- [t̪aˈɾuɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tarugo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tarugo in Spanish?
tarugo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).