ruido
See also: ruído
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish roýdo, from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugido. Cognate with English rut (“period of heightened sexual arousal and activity in animals”). Compare English roar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrwido/ [ˈrwi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: rui‧do
Noun
ruido m (plural ruidos)
- noise, racket, rattle, clatter, sound (various sounds, usually unwanted)
- No puedo dormir. Los vecinos están haciendo demasiado ruido.
- I can't sleep. The neighbors are making too much noise.
- ¡No hagas ruido!
- Don't make a sound!
- noise (unwanted part of a signal)
- También puede utilizar el efecto de reducción de ruido.
- You may also use the noise reduction effect.
- uproar, talk, fuss
- Synonym: alboroto
Hyponyms
- ruido de fondo (“background noise”)
Derived terms
- buscarruidos
- hacer ruido (“to make noise, to make some noise”)
- mucho ruido y pocas nueces
- ruido de fondo
- ruido de sables
- ruido sordo
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “ruido”, 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