tugurio
Spanish, noun/tuˈɡuɾjo/
tugurio is spelled T-U-G-U-R-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tugurio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slum, shack, hovel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Choza o casilla rústica hecha deprisa, para guarecerse de la lluvia los pastores de ganado”.
What does tugurio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslum, shack, hovel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Choza o casilla rústica hecha deprisa, para guarecerse de la lluvia los pastores de ganado. 2. Casa, habitación o establecimiento pequeño y de aspecto pobre. 3. Barrios periféricos, caracterizados por la escasez de servicios y lo rudimentario de sus viviendas.
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 tugurio
- tugurios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tugurio?
- /tuˈɡuɾjo/
- [t̪uˈɣ̞u.ɾjo]
- [t̪uˈɣ̞uɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tugurio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tugurio in Spanish?
tugurio appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).