vulgar
/bulˈɡaɾ/ · B2 · adj
vulgar (all senses)
👥 From Latin vulgus, the common crowd: vulgar = of the common people
It's spelled like English vulgar, but the Spanish v sounds like a soft b: bul-GAR. Like Latin vulgus, it can mean crude, and it can also simply mean ordinary or common, as in nombre vulgar (common name) versus nombre científico (scientific name).