puro

Meaning

Opposite of
impuro, mezclado, sucio, además, no solamente
Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
pu‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpuɾo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish puro, from Latin pūrus. In the noun sense short for cigarro puro, a product to be smoked that is made – unlike the cigarette – of “tabaco puro, sin papel” (pure tobacco, without paper). Note that in Spanish the unqualified term cigarro can also refer to a cigarette.

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