porqueira
Galician
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔɾˈkeiɾa̝/
Noun
porqueira f (plural porqueiras)
- pigsty
- Synonym: cortello
- place which abounds in pigs or boars
- female equivalent of porqueiro (“swineherd”)
Derived terms
- Porqueira
Related terms
- porco (“pig”)
- porqueiro (“swineherd”)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porqueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porqueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porqueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porqueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN