porquerizo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish porcarizo, from Late Latin porcāricius, from Latin porcus (“pig”). By surface analysis, puerco + -erizo. Compare Portuguese porcariço.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾkeˈɾiθo/ [poɾ.keˈɾi.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /poɾkeˈɾiso/ [poɾ.keˈɾi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: por‧que‧ri‧zo
Noun
porquerizo m (plural porquerizos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “porquerizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024