porco-da-terra
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “pig of the earth”. Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (“aardvark”, literally “earth pig”), from aarde (“earth”) + vark (“pig”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra
Noun
editporco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)
- aardvark (mammal)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo
Categories:
- Portuguese terms calqued from Afrikaans
- Portuguese terms derived from Afrikaans
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Mammals