porcallada

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Galician

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Etymology

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From porcalla (pig) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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porcallada f (plural porcalladas)

  1. filth
    Synonym: lixo
    • 1932, Otero Pedrayo, Contos do camiño e da rúa, page 66:
      A moreniña fina, xentil, criada na miseria e na porcallada cun pai zapateiro borrachón, unha nai rifona, vendedora de carqueixas no portal, e un fato de irmáns enlarafuzados, sempre cheos de croques e mancaduras do frío e dos cantazos
      The thin, gentle little brunette, grown up in the misery and the filth of a drunkard father, shoemaker; a grumpy mother, seller of brushwood at the gates; and a bunch of dirty-faced brothers, always covered with bumps and injuries because of cold and pebbles
  2. crap
    Synonym: trapallada
  3. dirty place or dirty fact
    Synonym: cochada
  4. dirty trick, raw deal
    Synonyms: falcatruada, trampa
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