bruto

adj.

1 stupid, blockhead, ignorant, brute.

2 raw.

3 animal, beast.

4 brute, impetuous.

5 gross.

m.

1 brute, beast, oaf.

2 Brutus, Marcus Junius Brutus.

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bruto

► adjetivo

1 (cruel) brutal

2 (necio) stupid, thick

3 (tosco) rough, coarse

4 (torpe) clumsy

5 (grosero) rude

6 (sueldo etc) gross

7 (peso) gross

8 (piedra) rough, uncut

9 (petróleo) crude

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona - violenta) brute, beast; (necio) ignoramus; (grosero) rude person

► nombre masculino bruto

1 (animal) beast

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bruto

► nombre masculino

1 (animal) beast

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1. (f. - bruta)

adj.

1) gross, raw

2) brutish, stupid

2. (f. - bruta)

noun

brute, beast

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SM Brutus

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I

-ta adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) (ignorante) ignorant

b) (grosero) uncouth

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute! o what an animal! he's hit her again

2) <peso/sueldo> gross

en bruto — <diamante> uncut; <mineral> crude

II

-ta masculino, femenino

a) (ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? — how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

b) (grosero)

es un bruto — he's very rude

c) (persona violenta) brute, animal

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= grossed-up, crude [cruder -comp., crudest -sup.], brute, brutish.

Ex. Applying a factor of 1.441 for 1979 to give the grossed-up estimates, the total grossed-up turnover figure for the year was Table 3.

Ex. Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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* datos en bruto = raw data.

* estimación bruta = grossed-up estimate.

* fuerza bruta = brute power.

* ganancia bruta = gross profit.

* hierro bruto = pig iron.

* hierro en bruto = pig iron.

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I

-ta adjetivo

1) <persona>

a) (ignorante) ignorant

b) (grosero) uncouth

c) (violento, brusco)

qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle — what a brute! o what an animal! he's hit her again

2) <peso/sueldo> gross

en bruto — <diamante> uncut; <mineral> crude

II

-ta masculino, femenino

a) (ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? — how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

b) (grosero)

es un bruto — he's very rude

c) (persona violenta) brute, animal

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= grossed-up, crude [cruder -comp., crudest -sup.], brute, brutish.

Ex: Applying a factor of 1.441 for 1979 to give the grossed-up estimates, the total grossed-up turnover figure for the year was Table 3.

Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.

Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* estimación bruta = grossed-up estimate.

* fuerza bruta = brute power.

* ganancia bruta = gross profit.

* hierro bruto = pig iron.

* hierro en bruto = pig iron.

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bruto¹ -ta

adjective

A ‹persona›

1 (ignorante) bestia¹ adj A 1. (↑ bestia (1))

2 (grosero) bestia¹ adj A 2. (↑ bestia (1))

3

(violento, brusco): ¡ay, perdón! ¡qué bruto que soy! oh, sorry! I'm so clumsy o careless!

¡qué hombre más bruto! ha vuelto a pegarle what a brute! o an animal! he's hit her again

B ‹peso/sueldo› gross

en bruto ‹diamante› uncut;

‹mineral› crude

C (delante del n)

(RPl fam) (enorme): gana bruto sueldo she earns a hell of a salary (colloq), she earns a terrific o an enormous o an incredible salary

bruto² -ta

masculine, feminine

1 (ignorante) ignorant person

¿cómo aprobaron a un bruto como él? how could they pass someone as ignorant o as stupid as him?

2

(grosero): es un bruto he's very rude

3 (persona violenta) brute, animal

el bruto de su primo lo empujó por las escaleras that brute o lout of a cousin of his pushed him down the stairs

noble¹ (↑ noble (1))

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Multiple Entries:
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bruto
bruto

◊ -ta adjetivo

1 ‹persona›

a) (ignorante) ignorant

b) (violento, brusco):

◊ ¡qué bruto! what a brute!

2 ‹peso/sueldo› gross;

◊ en bruto ‹diamante› uncut;

‹mineral› crude
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (ignorante) ignorant person

b) (persona violenta) brute, animal

bruto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (poco inteligente) stupid, thick
2 (grosero) coarse, uncouth
3 (sin descuentos) gross
4 (peso) gross 5 diamante en bruto, uncut diamond
fig (persona) rough diamond
II sustantivo masculino y femenino blockhead, brute
'bruto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bruta
- PIB
- PNB
- producto
- salvaje
- troglodita
- vándala
- vándalo
- bárbaro
- peso
English:
beast
- brute
- brutish
- GDP
- GNP
- gross
- Gross National Product
- pig-ignorant
- thug
- uncut
- unrefined

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Bruto n pr

Brutus

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bruto

I adj

1 brutish;

a lo bruto using brute force

2 (inculto) ignorant

3 (torpe) clumsy

4 COM gross;

peso bruto gross weight

5 diamante uncut;

en bruto petróleo crude;

II m, bruta f brute; (idiota) idiot

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bruto, -ta adj

1) : gross

peso bruto: gross weight

ingresos brutos: gross income

2) : unrefined

petróleo bruto: crude oil

3) : brutish, stupid

bruto, -ta n

1) : brute

2) : dunce, blockhead

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bruto¹ adj

1. (estúpido) stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest] / thick

no seas bruto: la llave se mete al revés don't be stupid: the key goes in the other way

2. (bestia) rough

¡qué bruto eres: me has hecho daño! you're so rough: you've hurt me!

3. (peso, ingresos) gross

el producto nacional bruto the gross national product

bruto² n

1. (idiota) idiot

2. (bestia) brute