puerco

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpwerko/

Noun

puerco m (plural puercos, feminine puerca, feminine plural puercas)

  1. pig
  2. pork (the meat of a pig)
  3. (slang, derogatory, Mexico) police officer; "pig"

Synonyms

pig

Derived terms

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