porco-da-terra

Portuguese
porco-da-terra

Etymology

Literally, “pig of the earth”. Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (“aardvark”, literally “earth pig”), from aarde (“earth”) + vark (“pig”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoh.ku.daˈtɛ.hɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌpoɾ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoɾ.ku.daˈtɛ.hɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoχ.ku.daˈtɛ.χɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpoɻ.ko.daˈtɛ.ʁa/ [ˌpoɻ.ko.daˈtɛ.ha]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpoɾ.ku.dɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/ [ˌpoɾ.ku.ðɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ]

  • Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra

Noun

porco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)

  1. aardvark (mammal)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo
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