chiquero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mozarabic *širkáir, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circārium, from Latin circus.[1] Doublet of cirquero.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chiquero m (plural chiqueros)
- pigsty (shelter for pigs)
- (figuratively) pigsty (very untidy place)
- Synonym: pocilga
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “chiquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014