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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρδων (kérdōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
cerdō m (genitive cerdōnis); third declension
- A handicraftsman
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cerdo”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “cerdo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cerdo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
Etymology
From cerda, possibly from Latin seta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾdo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈseɾdo/
- Rhymes: -eɾdo
- Syllabification: cer‧do
Adjective
cerdo (feminine cerda, masculine plural cerdos, feminine plural cerdas)
- dirty
- Synonym: sucio
Noun
cerdo m (plural cerdos, feminine cerda, feminine plural cerdas)
- pig, hog
- Synonyms: cochino, chancho, marrano, puerco
- pork
- Synonyms: puerco, chancho
- (colloquial, figurative) slob, pig, hog
- Synonyms: vago, haragán
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