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Galician
Etymology
From porcalla (“pig”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Noun
porcalleiro m (plural porcalleiros, feminine porcalleira, feminine plural porcalleiras)
- dirty, untidy person
- Synonym: porcallán
- vile, low, unworthy person
- Synonym: merdento
- vulgar person, foulmouth
- Synonym: malfalado
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “porcalleiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “porcalleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “porcalleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN