Polyglot Dictionary

cerdo

/ˈseɾðo/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
cerdos

Meaning

  1. pig

    • El cerdo gruñó.

      The pig grunted.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

puerco

cerdo and puerco are close synonyms for "pig"; puerco is also sometimes used as an insult, for a dirty person.

chancho

chancho is the standard word for "pig" in much of Latin America, a regional variant of cerdo.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

porco

porco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pig."

Portuguese

suíno

suíno is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pig."

Practice

1 What does cerdo mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ gruñó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cerdo?

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