No. 3,869 in Catalan
bruts
"Bruts" in Catalan means "dirty" or "unclean" in English.
In a sentence
Aquests plats estan bruts.
These plates are dirty.
The word 'bruts' is used here as an adjective to describe the state of the plates.
Els habitants tenen els carrers bruts.
The inhabitants have dirty streets.
The word 'bruts' describes the condition of the streets as unclean.
Després de jugar al fang, els nens estaven bruts.
After playing in the mud, the children were dirty.
Here, 'bruts' characterizes the children as having dirt on them post activity.
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