truculento
Spanish, adjective/tɾukuˈlento/
truculento is spelled T-R-U-C-U-L-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truculento is a Spanish adjective meaning “truculent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que espanta o sobrecoge por sus características morbosas o dramáticas”.
What does truculento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
truculent
- 2
cruel, savage
- 3
deadly, destructive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que espanta o sobrecoge por sus características morbosas o dramáticas.
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 truculento
- truculenta feminine
- truculentos masculine plural
- truculentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce truculento?
- /tɾukuˈlento/
- [t̪ɾu.kuˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
- [t̪ɾukuˈlẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to truculento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is truculento in Spanish?
truculento appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).