# porco
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɔɾkʊ]

### Noun

porco m (plural porcos)
* pig
    Synonym: cocho
* (figurative) an untidy person

#### Derived terms

* porco celta

### Adjective

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas)
* untidy, unclean, dirty
* filthy

#### Derived terms

* porcallada (“dirty place; disgusting action”)
* porcallán (“dirty person”)
* porco bravo (“boar”)
* porco fero (“boar”)
* porco montés (“boar”)
* porco celta (a local breed of pigs)
* porco do mar (“mereswine, porpoise”)
* porco espiño (“hedgehog”)
* porco teixo (“badger”)
* porqueira (“pigsty”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “porco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porco”, 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), “porco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Noun

porco (plural porcos)
* pig, pork

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.ko/
* Rhymes: -ɔrko
* Hyphenation: pòr‧co

### Noun

porco m (plural porci, feminine porca)
* pig, pork
    Synonyms: maiale, suino

#### Derived terms

* porcheria

### Adjective

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)
* terrible, dirty, bad (used as a curse or swearword)

#### Derived terms

* porcamente

### References

* ↑ porco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* copro, copro-, corpo

## Latin
### Noun

porcō
* dative/ablative singular of porcus

## Macanese
### Etymology

Presumably from Portuguese porco, from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).

### Noun

porco
* pig
    ramendâ unga porco ― like a pig
* pork
    porco balichám tamarinho ― Macanese dish prepared with pork, tamarind and balichám (dried shrimp paste)
    porco chau-chau parida ― special pork stew served to woman after giving birth (literally, “pork stir-fry birthed”)

#### Related terms

* porquéro

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”). Compare Galician porco.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.ku/ [ˈpoh.ku]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.ku/ [ˈpoh.ku]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpoɾ.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpoʁ.ku/ [ˈpoχ.ku]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpoɻ.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpoɾ.ku/
* Hyphenation: por‧co

### Noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)
* pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
* pork; swineflesh
* (derogatory) pig (dirty or slovenly person)
    Synonym: porcalhão

#### Synonyms

* (pig): See Thesaurus:porco.

#### Coordinate terms

* (pig): See Thesaurus:porco.

#### Derived terms

* emporcalhado
* emporcalhar
* espírito de porco
* ir com os porcos
* porcalho
* porcaria
* porco-bravo
* porco-d'água
* porco-da-índia
* porco-da-terra
* porco-do-mar
* porco-do-mato
* porco-espinho
* porco-formigueiro
* porco-marinho
* porco-montês
* porco-veado
* porqueira
* porqueiro
* porquinho

#### Related terms

* pocilga
* porca
* porcalhão
* porcino

### Adjective

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)
* (of a person) filthy; slovenly; unkempt
    Synonym: emporcalhado
* (of an object or action) coarse (of inferior quality)
    Synonyms: desleixado, relaxado

#### Synonyms

* (coarse): See Thesaurus:grosseiro.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “coarse”): See Thesaurus:grosseiro.

#### Derived terms

* porcamente

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: porku
* Macanese: porco
* Papiamentu: porko
* → Guaraní: poryko
* → Kaingang: porko

### References

* “porco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin porcus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoɾko/ [ˈpoɾ.ko]
* Rhymes: -oɾko
* Syllabification: por‧co

### Noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas)
* (obsolete) pig

### Further reading

* “porco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10