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bruto, -a
adjective
1. rough (violento); clumsy (torpe); thick, stupid (ignorante); rude (maleducado)
2. (sin tratar)
  • en bruto, -a -> uncut; (diamante) crude (petróleo)
3. gross (sueldo, peso)
  • gana 30.000 euros brutos al mes -> she earns 30,000 euros a month gross
masculine or feminine noun
4. brute

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bruto [broo’-to]
noun
1. Brute. (m)
2. An ignorant, rude, and immoral person. (Metaphorical) (m)
adjective
1. Coarse, unpolished, in a rough state.
  • Diamante en bruto -> a rough diamond
  • Madera en bruto -> rough timber
2. Stupid.
  • Más bruto que un adoquín -> as dumb as an ox
  • Pepe es muy bruto -> Joe is pretty rough
3. Gross.
  • Peso bruto -> gross weight
4. Brute, brutish; bestial (brutal).
5. Pegar a uno en bruto, to beat somebody mercilessly. (Caribbean)
6. (Cono Sur) Poor-quality, inferior.
7. Estar bruto, to be randy.
8. Silly, foolish. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
noun
9. Brute, beast. (m)

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brutoa bruta
adjetivo
1 (salvaje) brutish
no entiendo cómo puedes ser tan bruto con ella
¡no seas bruto! don't be so rough!
2 (estúpido) stupid; ignorant
¡no seas bruto! don't be an idiot!; es muy bruto he's pretty thick (familiar)
3 (inculto) uncouth
4 (sin alterar) [+materias] raw; [+medidas] gross
en bruto [+superficie, terreno] rough; [+diamantes] uncut; hierro en bruto crude iron; pig iron; peso bruto gross weight; petróleo bruto crude oil; producto bruto gross product; salario bruto gross salary; a lo bruto roughly; crudely
más bruto que un adoquín as dumb as an ox
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pegar a algn en bruto (Caribe) to beat sb mercilessly
6 (S. Cone) (de mala calidad) poor-quality; inferior
(animal) brute; beast
1 (salvaje) brute; boor
es un bruto, todo lo arregla a golpes
¡bruto! you beast!
2 (idiota) idiot

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