bruto

/ˈbɾuto/ · B1 · adj

gross

🦍 Bruto = brute: same Latin root brutus, meaning dull, heavy, senseless

Latin brutus meant heavy and dull-witted, giving English brute and brutal. In Spanish it covers the dull and the clumsy, and also gross weight or pay: the raw total before anything is deducted, like peso bruto.

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