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grueso

thick

adjective groo-EH-soh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Sizes & Shapes

Also means

coarse

Usage Note

Grueso describes physical thickness or bulk: una pared gruesa (a thick wall). It can also describe a coarse or crude quality (palabras gruesas = coarse language). As a noun el grueso means 'the bulk' or 'the main part' of something, e.g. el grueso del ejército (the bulk of the army).

Examples

"El libro tiene una cubierta gruesa."

Natural Translation

The book has a thick cover.

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