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feminine
/poɾkeˈɾia/
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Translation
filth, rubbish, junk
Word origin
From puerco ('pig'), from Latin porcus ('pig'). The same root gives English 'pork' and 'porcine'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- porcus
- English cognates
- pork, porcine
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralporquerías
Examples
tantas .
Do not eat so much junk before dinner.
.
The floor was covered in filth.
, .
That film is a load of rubbish, do not watch it.
.
You have to clean up all this junk in the garage.
¡ !
What rotten weather we are having today!
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