porco-da-terra

Portuguese

porco-da-terra

Etymology

Literally, “pig of the earth”. Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (“aardvark”, literally “earth pig”), from aarde (“earth”) + vark (“pig”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoh.ku.daˈtɛ.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoh.ku.daˈtɛ.hɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌpoɾ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoɾ.ku.daˈtɛ.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoχ.ku.daˈtɛ.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpoɻ.ko.daˈtɛ.ʁa/ [ˌpoɻ.ko.daˈtɛ.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpoɾ.ku.dɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoɾ.ku.ðɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ]

• Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra

Noun

porco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)

1. aardvark (mammal)

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