truculencia

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See also: truculência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin truculentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾukuˈlenθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾukuˈlensja/
  • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: tru‧cu‧len‧cia

Noun

truculencia f (plural truculencias)

  1. savagery, brutality
    • 2022 April 23, Carlos Boyero, “Ultracuerpos”, in El País:
      Pagas por ver series clónicas, producto de fórmulas despreciables, temáticas repetitivas, vacío y truculencia.
      You pay to watch cloned series, a product of despicable formulas, repetitive themes, emptiness and truculence.

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