Italian

Adjective

porca

1. feminine singular of porco

Related terms

• porca puttana

Anagrams

• capro, carpo, copra, parco

Latin

Etymology 1

Feminine of porcus.

Noun

porca

1. sow (female pig)

Synonyms

• scrofa

Related terms

• porcus

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂. Compare English furrow.

Noun

porca

1. (agriculture) the ridge between two furrows; a balk

Descendants

• Italian: porca
• Romanian: porcoi
• Spanish: aporcar

References

• porca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• porca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PORCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “porca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• porca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin porca ‎(“sow”), feminine of porcus ‎(“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- ‎(“young swine, young pig”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹ.ka/, /ˈpɔɹ.kɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɻ.ka/
• Hyphenation: por‧ca

Noun

porca f (plural porcas)

1. sow; feminine equivalent of porco
2. nut (that fits on a bolt)

Synonyms

• (nut): rosca

Coordinate terms

• (nut): parafuso

Derived terms

• porca-marinha

Related terms

• porcaria
• porco