porqueira

Galician

Etymology

Porco (“pig”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɾˈkeiɾa̝/

Noun

porqueira f (plural porqueiras)

1. pigsty

   Synonym: cortello

2. place which abounds in pigs or boars
3. female equivalent of porqueiro (“swineherd”)

Derived terms

• Porqueira

Related terms

• porco (“pig”)
• porqueiro (“swineherd”)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porqueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porqueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porqueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porqueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN