truculencia

See also: truculência

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin truculentia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾukuˈlenθja/ [t̪ɾu.kuˈlẽn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tɾukuˈlensja/ [t̪ɾu.kuˈlẽn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
Syllabification: tru‧cu‧len‧cia

Noun

truculencia f (plural truculencias)

savagery, brutality
- 2022 April 23, Carlos Boyero, “Ultracuerpos”, in El País‎:
  Pagas por ver series clónicas, producto de fórmulas despreciables, temáticas repetitivas, vacío y truculencia.
  You pay to watch cloned series, a product of despicable formulas, repetitive themes, emptiness and truculence.

Further reading

“truculencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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