Feminine

pocilga

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)
  2. (feminine) dump, pigsty, kip (very untidy house or room)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
po‧cil‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/poˈθilɡa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish porcilga, related to puerco (“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 cortīcula, from a diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle. Compare Portuguese pocilga, Catalan porcigola, Occitan pourcinglo.

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