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porco

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See also: Porco

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig).

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Noun

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porco m (plural porcos)

  1. pig
    Synonym: cocho
  2. (figurative) an untidy person

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Adjective

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

  1. untidy, unclean, dirty
  2. filthy

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Interlingua

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Noun

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porco (plural porcos)

  1. pig, pork

Italian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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porco m (plural porci, feminine porca)

  1. pig, pork
    Synonyms: maiale, suino

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Adjective

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

  1. terrible, dirty, bad (used as a curse or swearword)

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References

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  1. ^ porco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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porcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of porcus

Macanese

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Etymology

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Presumably from Portuguese porco, from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig).

Noun

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porco

  1. pig
    ramendâ unga porcolike a pig
  2. pork
    porco balichám tamarinhoMacanese dish prepared with pork, tamarind and balichám (dried shrimp paste)
    porco chau-chau paridaspecial pork stew served to woman after giving birth (literally, “pork stir-fry birthed”)
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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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porco

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig). Compare Galician porco.

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  • Hyphenation: por‧co

Noun

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

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

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Adjective

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porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)

  1. (of a person) filthy; slovenly; unkempt
    Synonym: emporcalhado
  2. (of an object or action) coarse (of inferior quality)
    Synonyms: desleixado, relaxado

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Descendants

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  • Kabuverdianu: porku
  • Macanese: porco
  • Papiamentu: porko
  • Guaraní: poryko
  • Kaingang: porko

References

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  • porco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoɾko/ [ˈpoɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -oɾko
  • Syllabification: por‧co

Noun

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

  1. (obsolete) pig

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