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Spanish
Etymology
From puerco + -ería. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Catalan porqueria, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾkeˈɾia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: por‧que‧rí‧a
Noun
porquería f (plural porquerías)
- crap, trash, filth, junk, rubbish
- Synonym: basura
- nonsense
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