porquería

Spanish

Etymology

From puerco +‎ -ería. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Catalan porqueria, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɾkeˈɾia/ [poɾ.keˈɾi.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: por‧que‧rí‧a

Noun

porquería f (plural porquerías)

crap, trash, filth, junk, rubbish
Synonym: basura
nonsense

Further reading

“porquería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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