Definitions tagged bruto in the street dictionary.
A stubborn blowhard who refuses to listen to reason and tries to use verbal brute force to convince everyone else they are right.
So your mascachapas friend tells me that Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming out for the Switch, and no matter how much you explain the facts, he just keeps hammering away at it.
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A slang term for a person who is lazy, spineless, or dim-witted.
All those PNP members are gulembos (The PNP is the New Progressive Party, one of the main political parties in Puerto Rico).
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A person who is constantly taken advantage of by others, like a doormat or a pushover. (This term is vulgar as it is derived from a slang word for female genitals used to imply submissiveness).
The thing is that Julio is his wife's chuchita.
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An expression used to suggest that the most primitive or rough way of doing things is what actually yields results.
Give that kid a smack so he learns, because A lo bruto sí funciona.
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A hick, hillbilly, or unrefined person who lacks social graces and sophistication, typically associated with a rural background. (The term derives from living in a rancho, a simple rural dwelling, implying the person is uncultured or backward).
My dad doesn't like me going out with Manolo because he says he is very ranchero.
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A person who behaves like a hillbilly or shows a lack of social refinement. It describes someone perceived as uncultured or unsophisticated (in Panama, this usually refers to people from the rural interior of the country).
That guy is a montañero, don't you see he doesn't even know how to turn on the computer?
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A heavy hit or punch delivered without any remorse to a person who is acting like an idiot or a fool.
I am really starting to feel like giving you a zoquetazo, stop messing around.
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A person who is slow-witted or dense, showing little understanding of what is being said to them.
I have three really zancudos students, I do not think they will pass the class.
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A person with no moral code: a scumbag or lowlife who does whatever they want without feeling any guilt or shame.
A: Did you hear that Julio got Mr. Tomas' daughter pregnant? B: That Julio is a RATA, friend.
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Someone who is incredibly slow on the uptake, dim-witted, or dense in a way that is frustrating to others.
A: Oh no, all the eggs broke! B: What were you thinking putting the eggs on top of the washing machine? Lelo!
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A person who is incredibly ignorant or dense.
A: 'How cool that we are going to Shanghai, I have always wanted to see Egypt.' B: 'Ana, who did you get so brutonga from? Because my parents and I are doing just fine.'
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A person considered an idiot or way too naive (the term is most common in rural areas or provinces outside of Panama City).
That boy is too old to be such a zoquete. / Victor, why do you hang out with so many zoquetes? Choose your friends better, son.
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A contraction of Estas en panga. It expresses disapproval toward someone else's behavior or choice, suggesting it is low-quality, lame, or worthless (a panga is a small, basic fishing boat, used here to imply a lack of status or quality).
A: Jose, look at the phone I bought. B: That cheap piece of junk that no one uses anymore? Tas en panga, man.
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A pig-headed or stubborn person. Because of their refusal to listen or change their mind, they tend to annoy those around them and get themselves into unnecessary trouble.
Stop being such a cabezón. If you made a mistake, just admit it and that is it : My husband is so cabezón that I do not even know why I am still married to him.
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A reckless, stupid, or incredibly inconsiderate act. It refers to behaving like a brute or pulling an idiotic stunt (the term comes from the word for horse, implying animal-like or crude behavior).
How are you going to do that caballada to your mom? | That guy is a brute, can't you see he spends all his time doing caballadas?
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A person who is clumsy or heavy-handed, using excessive brute force or lacking the skill to perform a task properly.
I am not asking Fernando to do it because you already know he is a choborro. Girl, watch out with that, do not be a choborra!
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1. A stubborn, annoying, or thick-headed person. 2. A small moth or butterfly (in Venezuela, this often refers specifically to common brown moths).
I don't like taras. Damn, you really are a tara, son.
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A term used for someone who is stupid, thick, or slow-witted. (Like the animal, it characterizes the person as unintelligent).
Don't be a burro, speak properly. It is written with B as in burro, not V as in vaca (a common way to distinguish the identical sounds of the letters B and V).
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To be extremely stubborn, pig-headed, or to refuse to listen to reason. It describes someone who gets locked into an obstinate, difficult, or irrational mindset.
"You are acting all engorilado, bro" and "Let's see if you can stop being so engorilarte"
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A coarse, unrefined person who lacks any sense of tact or delicacy.
What a crude guy you are, so Ripó.
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A man who lacks game or initiative, specifically someone who fails to make a move even when a woman is showing clear interest. (In the Dominican Republic, the word literally means pigeon and is used for someone naive or soft).
A girl throws herself at you and the guy does nothing.
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A dummy or an idiot who is slow to understand what is going on. (Particularly common in the Andean region of Venezuela).
Don't be a toche, that's backward.
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Acronym for Lambe Tallo (literally stalk licker). It refers to a person who acts stupidly, makes senseless mistakes, or does things completely wrong.
-Juan, you fried the chicken without any seasoning. -Yeah, because I could not find any. -You really are a huge LT, how do you fry a chicken without seasoning?
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A witty comeback used when someone calls you bruto (dumb or dense). It plays on the phonetic similarity between the word bruto and Blutus, the Spanish name for the villain Bluto from the Popeye cartoons.
-My brother, you really are bruto. -And you are Popelle.
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Refers to someone who is incompetent, clumsy, or completely useless at performing a task they are supposed to be able to do.
1: She is Ñango, she does not even know how to search the files. 2: Whoever did that is a real Ñango!
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A tough guy or bad boy who acts like an alpha male. While it can be used as a nickname with a bit of affection or condescension, it typically refers to someone who is genuinely dangerous or a criminal.
That Pepe guy is a malote you better be careful with. He is the neighborhood malote.
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A bobolon is a guy who talks a lot of shit. It describes a lazy man-child who lives off his parents, spends all day playing video games, and is generally seen as a loser who has no romantic life and does nothing with himself.
Fukencio is a bobolon, he is always talking shit.
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A brute or a beast, used to describe someone who is incredibly clumsy, rough, or uses excessive physical force.
You ripped the door off, bestiún!
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Someone who is incredibly dense or slow to understand, no matter how many different ways you try to explain something to them (this term likens a person's lack of comprehension to a total language barrier).
Damn, Juan is Arabe, I explained that to him a while ago and he is asking again.
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A person who is slow witted, dense, or has a hard time understanding simple things.
Is he really such a cacoibo that he doesn't understand what they are telling him?
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A screw-up or a blunder committed out of incompetence.
Hipolito Mejia committed a chagada.
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Extremely crude, clumsy, or thick. While a person is called bruto when they lack refinement or struggle to do things right, brutaso is used when someone has done or said something exceptionally stupid or acted with a total lack of common sense (in Argentina, the suffix -aso is an augmentative used to emphasize or enlarge the meaning of a word).
- I went for a walk this morning and ran into a Rottweiler. - And what happened? - I hit it so it wouldn't bite me, and it bit me anyway. - You are a total brutaso!
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A term for young children who are naive and lack street smarts (tigueraje refers to the Dominican trait of being street-smart and savvy).
This kid is still a Mocoso.
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A rookie or trainee, usually young, who picks up a trade or skill by working alongside someone who is already a pro.
Like a sorcerer when he is an aprendiz and starts learning how to handle magic.
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A dummy, an idiot, or an extremely clumsy person (Derived from the Spanish name for the comic strip character Alley Oop, a caveman known for being strong but dim-witted).
That is why this thing is not working, because the mechanic is a trucutú.
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A bland vegetable (chayote) used in salads. In slang, it refers to a stupid or dim-witted person. (In the Dominican Republic, tayotas are known for being tasteless and are often used as cheap filler to bulk up meat dishes).
tayota is only good for making food go further. You add three tayotas to a quarter pound of meat and it looks like you cooked for ten people. Don't be such a tayota, wake up.
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A derogatory term for someone from the countryside who is perceived as ignorant, unsophisticated, or lacking common knowledge (similar to a hick or bumpkin).
You do not understand anything, you are such a campuna!
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A dim-witted or stupid man who lacks intelligence, someone who is slow or clueless and never seems to get anything right.
David is a total mususo.
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A dumb or slow-witted person. It is a sarcastic way to call someone thick-headed by comparing them to a simple forest creature.
Teacher: Ramoncito, tell me how much 5 times 5 is. Ramoncito: 10! Teacher: I am fed up with struggling with you, animalito del bosque.
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Used to tell someone they are being dense, failing to understand a situation, or being stubborn and uncooperative. It can also mean acting like a fool or a sucker who is being played (in the Dominican Republic, this is often compared to being a palomo, or someone who lacks street smarts).
you are being te pusite bruto with that girl.
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Used to describe someone who is being slow to understand a situation, acting stubborn, or behaving like a sucker. (In Dominican slang, this is similar to being a palomo, which refers to a naive person who is easily fooled or manipulated.)
You are being te pusite bruto with that girl.
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A crude, unrefined person who lacks common sense or good judgment. (The term literally refers to a pig raised on acorns, implying someone is as thick or uncivilized as a farm animal).
So-and-so is a total ANIMAL DE BELLOTA.
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A total idiot or a dumbass (literally a grass-eater, implying the person is as stupid as grazing livestock).
How did you mess up the exam, comeyerba!!
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An extremely naive or gullible person who is easily tricked or confused by anything. (This is an intensified version of palomo, a term for a person who lacks street smarts or is a pushover).
Damn, you really are a palomon, you let yourself get dumped at the UASD (the main public university in the Dominican Republic).
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A person who has accomplished nothing productive in their mediocre life and, for that reason, spends their time tearing down and destructively criticizing everyone around them.
The people who spend their time trashing universities just because they could not earn a degree, or simply because they have no goals in life. Maybe they think everyone is an inútil like they are: just mediocre!
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A derogatory term used to insult someone from the rural countryside, specifically those from the Cibao region or the South, excluding people from the capital. It implies the person is unrefined or ignorant (The Cibao is the northern agricultural heartland of the Dominican Republic).
Once you pass the tollbooth, it is all brush and snakes. This campesino does not know this or that.
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a rough or crude person who lacks finesse and prefers to solve everything by force or through aggressive, unrefined methods.
- The TV broke again. - Give it a good punch on top, that's how you fix it!!! - You're always so ortodoxo, damn...
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An extremely thick, dense, or slow-witted person. (In the Dominican Republic, this term is used to describe someone who lacks common sense.)
Damn Juan, you are such an Arabe, the door is not going to open if it is locked.
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