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pocilga.

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/poˈsiw.ɡɐ/Brazil[poˈsiʊ̯.ɡɐ]Brazil/puˈsil.ɡɐ/Portugal[puˈsiɫ.ɣɐ]Portugal
  1. pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)

    feminine
  2. pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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