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porco

porco

Galician

Noun

porco m (plural porcos)

  1. pig

Synonyms


Interlingua

Noun

porco (plural porcos)

  1. pig

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ko/, [ˈpɔr̺ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrko
  • Hyphenation: pòr‧co

Noun

porco m (plural porci)

  1. pig, pork

Synonyms

Adjective

porco m (feminine singular porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)

  1. terrible (used as a curse or swearword)

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

porcō

  1. dative singular of porcus
  2. ablative singular of porcus

Portuguese

porco

Etymology

From Old Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoχ.ku/, /ˈpoɾ.ku/
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈpoɹ.ku/
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpoɻ.ko/
    • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpox.kʊ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ.ku/
  • Hyphenation: por‧co

Noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas)

  1. pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
  2. pork; swineflesh
  3. (derogatory) pig (dirty or slovenly person)

Synonyms

  • (pig): See Wikisaurus:porco.
  • (dirty or slovenly person): porcalhão

Coordinate terms

  • (pig): See Wikisaurus:porco.

Derived terms

  • espírito de porco
  • porco-bravo
  • porco-d'água
  • porco-da-índia

Related terms

  • emporcalhado
  • emporcalhar
  • porcalhão
  • porquear
  • porqueira
  • porqueiro

Adjective

porco m (feminine singular porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, comparable)

  1. (of a person) filthy; slovenly; unkempt
  2. (of an object) coarse (of inferior quality)

Synonyms

  • (filthy): emporcalhado
  • (coarse): See Wikisaurus:grosseiro.

Antonyms

  • (coarse): See Wikisaurus:grosseiro.

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: porku