pocilga

Portuguese

From an Old Galician-Portuguese *porcilga, related to porco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and *cōrtīcula, diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈsiw.ɡɐ/ [poˈsiʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈsiw.ɡa/ [poˈsiʊ̯.ɡa]

pocilga f (plural pocilgas)

Inherited from Old Spanish porcilga, related to puerco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and cortīcula, from a diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”),^[1] or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle.^[2] Compare Portuguese pocilga, Catalan porcigola, Occitan pourcinglo.

pocilga f (plural pocilgas)

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)
Synonyms: chiquero, porqueriza
dump, pigsty, kip (very untidy house or room)
Synonyms: chiquero, gallinero

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pocilga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ “pocilga”, 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