brusco

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrus.ko/
• Rhymes: -usko
• Hyphenation: brù‧sco

From brusca (“horsetail”).

brusco (feminine brusca, masculine plural bruschi, feminine plural brusche, diminutive bruschétto)

1. sour, tart (chiefly of wine)
2. abrupt, sudden, brusque
3. cloudy, overcast (of weather)

• → French: brusque
  • → English: brusque
  • → German: brüsk
• → Occitan: brusc
• → Spanish: brusco

Unsuffixed past participle of bruscare.

brusco (feminine brusca, masculine plural bruschi, feminine plural brusche)

1. (Romanesco) roasted, toasted

   Synonym: abbrustolito

From Late Latin brūscus, from Classical Latin rūscum.

• bruscolo (Tuscany)

brusco m (plural bruschi)

1. (regional) synonym of pungitopo

From Latin bruscum (“excrescence on the maple”).

brusco m (plural bruschi)

1. (archaic) straw
2. (regional) pimple

   Synonym: brufolo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brusco

1. first-person singular present indicative of bruscare

• brusco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• brusco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• brusco³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• brusco⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Italian brusco.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -usku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃku
• Hyphenation: brus‧co

brusco (feminine brusca, masculine plural bruscos, feminine plural bruscas)

1. brusque, abrupt (broken off or very steep)

   Synonyms: arrebatado, abrupto

2. sudden, unexpected

   Synonyms: repentino, inesperado

3. harsh, rough to the touch

   Synonym: áspero

4. harsh, cruel

   Synonyms: cruel, severo, bruto

• brusquidão, embruscar

Borrowed from Italian brusco.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾusko/ [ˈbɾus.ko]

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• Rhymes: -usko
• Syllabification: brus‧co

brusco (feminine brusca, masculine plural bruscos, feminine plural bruscas)

1. sudden, brusque, abrasive
2. rough, careless

• “brusco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024