truculento
Portuguese, adjective/tɾu.kuˈlẽ.tu/
truculento is spelled T-R-U-C-U-L-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truculento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “truculent; fierce; savage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cruel”.
What does truculento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
truculent; fierce; savage
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cruel 2. atroz
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.
Forms of truculento
- truculenta feminine
- truculentos masculine plural
- truculentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce truculento?
- Brazil /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.tu/
- Portugal /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
truculento appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).