porco

See also: Porco

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔɾko̝/

Noun

porco m (plural porcos)

  1. pig
  2. (figuratively) an untidy person

Adjective

porco m (feminine singular porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas)

  1. untidy, unclean, dirty
  2. disgusting

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • porcallada (dirty place; disgusting action)
  • porcallán (dirty person)
  • porco bravo (boar)
  • porco celta (a local breed of pigs)
  • porco do mar (mereswine, porpoise)
  • porco espiño (hedgehog)
  • porco teixo (badger)
  • porqueira (pigsty)

References

  • porco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • porco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • porco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • porco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Noun

porco (plural porcos)

  1. pig, pork

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ko/, [ˈpɔr̺ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrko
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧co

Noun

porco m (plural porci)

  1. pig, pork

Synonyms

Adjective

porco (feminine singular porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)

  1. terrible, dirty, bad (used as a curse or swearword)

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

porcō

  1. dative singular of porcus
  2. ablative singular of porcus

Portuguese

porco

Etymology

From Old Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoχ.ku/, /ˈpoɾ.ku/
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈpoɹ.ku/
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoɻ.ko/
    • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpox.kʊ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ.ku/
  • Hyphenation: por‧co

Noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas)

  1. pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
  2. pork; swineflesh
  3. (derogatory) pig (dirty or slovenly person)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Adjective

porco m (feminine singular porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, comparable)

  1. (of a person) filthy; slovenly; unkempt
  2. (of an object) coarse (of inferior quality)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: porku
  • Papiamentu: porko
  • Guaraní: poryko
  • Kaingang: porko
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