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truño

Spanish, noun/ˈtɾuɲo/

truño is spelled T-R-U-Ñ-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 121,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “turd (excrement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Excremento”.

What does truño mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevulgarturd (excrement)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Excremento. 2. Cosa mal hecha, fea o de poco valor.

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 truño

  • truños plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce truño?

  • /ˈtɾuɲo/
  • [ˈt̪ɾu.ɲo]
  • [ˈt̪ɾuɲo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is truño in Spanish?

truño appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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