porcaria

Portuguese

Etymology

From porco +‎ -aria. Compare Spanish porquería, Catalan porqueria, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria. Piecewise doublet of porqueira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [poh.kaˈɾi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [poh.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/ [poχ.kaˈɾi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poɻ.kaˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: por‧ca‧ri‧a

Noun

porcaria f (plural porcarias)

1. dirtiness
2. smut, filth
3. trash, crap