ruido

/ˈrwido/ · A2 · noun · m

noise

📢 ruido = a rude-o racket: noise is rude

From Latin rugitus, a roar, the same root as Spanish rugir (to roar). The roar shrank over centuries into any unwanted sound. Ruido starts like rude, and noise is the rude kind of sound.

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