pan e porco

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “bread and pork”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaŋ eˈpɔɾkʊ]

Phrase

pan e porco

1. (idiomatic, dated) sustenance, nourishment
   • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio:

     Xa sei que meu pai,
     por probe en extremo,
     non tén pan e porco,
     nen tén un larengo

     I know that my father,
     because he's extremely poor,
     has no sustenance,
     not even a piglet

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pan e porco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega