Line drawing of bruo
Coloured illustration of bruo
#418 of 3,000Core 1000

Translation

noise, din

Test yourself on bruo

Three quick questions. No account needed.

Know this word? Create a free account to track it.

Examples

.

The noise of the street woke me.

.

We heard a great noise in the courtyard.

.

The children made a lot of noise.

.

A sudden noise frightened the horse.

.

He worked all night without noise.

is noise you did not ask for. is neutral - a sound, any sound - while carries the irritation with it, which is why a violin makes and the neighbours make . The verb means to make a racket and is intransitive, so a whole English phrase collapses into one word: . From there you get for noisy, a for a person who cannot help it, and senbrua for the blessed opposite. Figuratively, a scandal that makes waves just as it does in English.

Where this fits

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Chapters 1 and 2 free

Meet this word in a story

Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Start learning free

Esperanto 路 Free printables

bruo: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "bruo" (noise, din): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

Free for members

The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.

Start your free week

This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 2: bruo, postuli, nepre and 7 more words.