chiquero
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mozarabic *širkáir, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circārium, from Latin circus.[1] Doublet of cirquero.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiquero m (plural chiqueros)
- pigsty (shelter for pigs)
- (figuratively) pigsty (very untidy place)
- Synonym: pocilga
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chiquero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “chiquero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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