porquero
See also: porquéro
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin porcārius, from Latin porcus (“pig”). By surface analysis, puerco + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾˈkeɾo/ [poɾˈke.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: por‧que‧ro
Noun
porquero m (plural porqueros, feminine porquera, feminine plural porqueras)
- pig farmer
- Synonym: porcicultor
- 2015 July 23, “Isabel II y el verdadero opio del pueblo”, in El País[1]:
- La verdad es la misma para poderosos y porqueros, como recuerda la alusión a Agamenón escrita por Machado.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “porquero”, 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