chiquero

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic *širkáir, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circārium, from Latin circus.[1] Doublet of cirquero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkeɾo/ [t͡ʃiˈke.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: chi‧que‧ro

Noun

chiquero m (plural chiqueros)

  1. pigsty (shelter for pigs)
  2. (figuratively) pigsty (very untidy place)
    Synonym: pocilga

References

  1. ^ 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

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