pocilga

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From an Old Galician-Portuguese *porcilga, related to porco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and *cōrtīcula, diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -ilɡɐ, (Brazil) -iwɡɐ Hyphenation: po‧cil‧ga === Noun === pocilga f (plural pocilgas) pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept) Synonym: chiqueiro (colloquial) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place) Synonym: chiqueiro ==== Related terms ==== porco porqueira === Further reading === “pocilga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pocilga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish porcilga, related to puerco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and cortīcula, from a diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle. Compare Portuguese pocilga, Catalan porcigola, Occitan pourcinglo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poˈθilɡa/ [poˈθil.ɣ̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /poˈsilɡa/ [poˈsil.ɣ̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ilɡa Syllabification: po‧cil‧ga === Noun === pocilga f (plural pocilgas) pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept) Synonyms: chiquero, porqueriza dump, pigsty, kip (very untidy house or room) Synonyms: chiquero, gallinero ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “pocilga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025