porca

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === From Latin porca (“sow”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porques) sow Synonyms: truja, gardenya === Etymology 2 === From Latin porca, from Proto-Italic *porkā (“furrow”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porques) row (cultivated strip of land) Synonym: faixa (historical) A land measure equivalent to one twelfth of a jornal (the amount of land that can be worked in a day) ===== Derived terms ===== porcar Porqueres === Further reading === “porca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin porca (“sow”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈpɔɾkɐ] ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porcas) sow (figurative) an untidy, unclean woman a swelling ===== Derived terms ===== porcalla ==== Adjective ==== porca feminine singular of porco === Etymology 2 === From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, probably from Latin porca (“ridge”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈpɔɾkɐ] ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porcas) nut (for a bolt) a children's traditional game, loosely related to golf, whose goal is a hole in the ground earth left undisturbed after digging === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “porca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “porca”, 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), “porca”, 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), “porca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔr.ka/ Rhymes: -ɔrka Hyphenation: pòr‧ca === Etymology 1 === From Latin porca (“balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porche) the ridge between two furrows; balk Synonym: (Northern Italy) prosa === Etymology 2 === From Latin porca (“sow”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porche) sow Synonyms: scrofa, troia, maiala (figurative, vulgar, derogatory) a lascivious or lewd woman ===== Related terms ===== porco ==== Adjective ==== porca feminine singular of porco ===== Derived terms ===== porca puttana === References === === Anagrams === -carpo, capro, carpo, carpo-, copra, parco, parcò == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ka] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Italic *porkā (“female pig”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (genitive porcae); first declension sow (female pig) ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Synonyms ===== (female pig): scrōfa (female or male pig): sūs ===== Related terms ===== (male pig): porcus ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Italic *porkā (“furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare English furrow. Doublet of riga. ==== Noun ==== porca f (genitive porcae); first declension (agriculture) the ridge between two furrows; a balk; a lynchet ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === References === “porca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “porca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "porca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “porca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “porca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔɾkɐ Hyphenation: por‧ca === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, from Latin porca (“sow”), feminine of porcus (“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porcas) sow; female equivalent of porco (Portugal) slut (promiscuous woman) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== porca feminine singular of porco === Etymology 2 === From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, probably from Latin porca (“ridge”). ==== Noun ==== porca f (plural porcas) nut (that fits on a bolt) Synonym: rosca Coordinate term: parafuso === Further reading === “porca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “porca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === porca f (plural porcas) female equivalent of porco