puerco

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish puerco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpweɾko/, [ˈpweɾ.ko]
  • Hyphenation: puer‧co

Noun

puerco

  1. pig

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish puerco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

The "police officer" slang sense is apparently a semantic loan from English pig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpweɾko/ [ˈpweɾ.ko]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾko
  • Syllabification: puer‧co

Noun

puerco m (plural puercos, feminine puerca, feminine plural puercas)

  1. pig
    Synonyms: cerdo, chancho, cocho, cochino, cuchí, gorrino, guarro, marrano
  2. pork (the meat of a pig)
  3. (slang, derogatory, Mexico) police officer; "pig"

Adjective

puerco (feminine puerca, masculine plural puercos, feminine plural puercas)

  1. (colloquial) dirty
    Synonyms: sucio, cerdo

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