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How to Say "loud sound" in Spanish

The Spanish word forloud soundis ruidoA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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ruido

nounA1
physical auditory effect
A startled cartoon mouse covering its ears because of a visible, chaotic sound wave next to it.

Examples

No puedo dormir porque los vecinos hacen mucho ruido.

I can't sleep because the neighbors make a lot of noise.

Escuché un ruido extraño en la cocina anoche.

I heard a strange sound in the kitchen last night.

Baja la música, por favor. Hay demasiado ruido aquí.

Turn down the music, please. There is too much noise here.

Masculine Noun

Remember that 'ruido' is always masculine, so it always uses 'el' (el ruido) and requires masculine adjectives (un ruido fuerte).

Using 'tener' instead of 'haber'

Mistake:La calle tiene mucho ruido.

Correction: Hay mucho ruido en la calle. (You use 'hay' to say that noise exists in a place, not 'tener' which means 'to have'.)

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