porco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
porco m (plural porcos)
- pig
- Synonym: cocho
- (figurative) an untidy person
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Adjective edit
porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas)
Derived terms edit
- porcallada (“dirty place; disgusting action”)
- porcallán (“dirty person”)
- porco bravo (“boar”)
- porco fero (“boar”)
- porco montés (“boar”)
- porco celta (a local breed of pigs)
- porco do mar (“mereswine, porpoise”)
- porco espiño (“hedgehog”)
- porco teixo (“badger”)
- porqueira (“pigsty”)
References edit
- “porco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “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 edit
Noun edit
porco (plural porcos)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
porco m (plural porci)
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
porcō
Macanese edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from Portuguese porco, from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).
Noun edit
porco
- pig
- ramendâ unga porco ― like a pig
- pork
- porco balichám tamarinho ― Macanese dish prepared with pork, tamarind and balichám (dried shrimp paste)
- porco chau-chau parida ― special pork stew served to woman after giving birth (literally, “pork stir-fry birthed”)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”). Compare Galician porco.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: por‧co
Noun edit
porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)
- pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
- pork; swineflesh
- (derogatory) pig (dirty or slovenly person)
- Synonym: porcalhão
Synonyms edit
- (pig): See Thesaurus:porco.
Coordinate terms edit
- (pig): See Thesaurus:porco.
Derived terms edit
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Adjective edit
porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)
- (of a person) filthy; slovenly; unkempt
- Synonym: emporcalhado
- (of an object or action) coarse (of inferior quality)
- Synonyms: desleixado, relaxado
Synonyms edit
- (coarse): See Thesaurus:grosseiro.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "coarse"): See Thesaurus:grosseiro.
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Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas)
Further reading edit
- “porco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014