Polyglot Dictionary

puerco

/ˈpweɾko/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los puercos

Meaning

  1. pig

    • El puerco gruñe.

      The pig grunts.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cerdo

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

chancho

chancho and puerco are close synonyms for "pig," regional variants.

Practice

1 What does puerco mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ gruñe.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches puerco?

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