bácoro

== Galician == === Alternative forms === bácaro, bacro === Etymology === Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Probably from a pre-Latin substrate language, whence also Catalan bacó, Old French bacon (and English bacon). Cognate with Portuguese bácoro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbako̝ɾo̝/ === Noun === bácoro m (plural bácoros, feminine bácora, feminine plural bácoras) piglet, suckling pig Synonyms: larengo, leitón, rancho, rello ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bácoro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bácoro”, 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), “bácoro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bácoro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown. Possible origins include: Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhúr, “Jewish child; piglet”); Arabic البُكْس (al-buks, “young camel; veal”); Arabic بُكَيْرَة (bukayra), diminutive of بَكْرُن (bakrun, “bull”); a Germanic word related to French bacon; Medieval Latin bacharus. Cognate with Galician bácoro. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bá‧co‧ro === Noun === bácoro m (plural bácoros) piglet, suckling pig Synonym: leitão ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== porco === References === === Further reading === “bácoro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bácoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026