ruido

See also: ruído

Ladino

Alternative forms

• bruido, roido

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish roýdo, from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rujido. Cognate with English rut (“period of heightened sexual arousal and activity in animals”). Compare English roar.

Noun

ruido m (Hebrew spelling רואידו)

1. noise; sound

   Hyponym: rujido

   Holonym: sonido

   • 1909, Šemuel Saʻadí Haleví, edited by Elena Romero, El Dreyfus otomano‎^[1], Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, published 2008, →ISBN, page 392:

     Súpito un ruido estraño se oyó […]

     Suddenly a strange sound was heard.

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)

1. 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!

2. noise (unwanted part of a signal)

   También puede utilizar el efecto de reducción de ruido.

   You may also use the noise reduction effect.

3. 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

• rugir
• ruidoso

See also

• sonido

Further reading

• “ruido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025