puerco

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish puerco. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpweɾko/, [ˈpweɾ.ko] Hyphenation: puer‧co === Noun === puerco 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] Rhymes: -eɾko Syllabification: puer‧co === Noun === puerco m (plural puercos, feminine puerca, feminine plural puercas) pig Synonyms: cerdo, chancho, cocho, cochino, cuchí, gorrino, guarro, marrano pork (the meat of a pig) (slang, derogatory, Mexico) police officer; "pig" === Adjective === puerco (feminine puerca, masculine plural puercos, feminine plural puercas) (colloquial) dirty Synonyms: sucio, cerdo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “puerco”, 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 === Anagrams === cuerpo