brusca
Portuguese, adjective
brusca is spelled B-R-U-S-C-A (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brusca is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of brusco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desagradável, rude, pronta no atuar”.
What does brusca mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of brusco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desagradável, rude, pronta no atuar
noun: 1. arbusto da espécie Ruscus aculeatus, também conhecido por gilbarbeira 2. arbusto da espécie Discaria longispina
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is brusca in Portuguese?
brusca appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).