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puerco.

pig

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpweɾko/[ˈpweɾ.ko]

  1. pig

    masculine

  2. pork (the meat of a pig)

    masculine

  3. police officer; "pig"

    Mexico · derogatory · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈpweɾko/[ˈpweɾ.ko]

  1. dirty

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

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.

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