porqueria

Catalan

Etymology

From porc +‎ -eria. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Spanish porquería, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pur.kəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [por.kəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.keˈɾi.a]

Noun

porqueria f (plural porqueries)

1. trash, filth, junk, rubbish, crap
2. dirtiness, dirt
3. crappy action
4. cheap or useless thing

Derived terms

• menjar porqueria (“junk food”)

Further reading

• “porqueria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024