tosco
Spanish, adjective/ˈtosko/
tosco is spelled T-O-S-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tosco is a Spanish adjective meaning “crude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una cosa, hecho sin refinamiento, con materia prima ordinaria que no ha sido pulida o embellecida”.
What does tosco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crude
- 2
uncouth
- 3
coarse, rough, rough around the edges
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una cosa, hecho sin refinamiento, con materia prima ordinaria que no ha sido pulida o embellecida. 2. Dicho de una persona, con modales poco refinados y torpes. 3. Se dice de la pintura y escultura anterior al Renacimiento (s. XIII al XV).
noun: 1. Lengua del sur de Albania, dialecto del albanés.
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 tosco
- tosca feminine
- toscos masculine plural
- toscas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tosco?
- /ˈtosko/
- [ˈt̪os.ko]
- Spain [ˈt̪osko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tosco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tosco in Spanish?
tosco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).