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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɔr.ko/
- Rhymes: -ɔrko
- Hyphenation: spòr‧co
Etymology 1
From Latin spurcus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Adjective
sporco (feminine sporca, masculine plural sporchi, feminine plural sporche, superlative sporchissimo, diminutive sporchétto or sporchìno)
- dirty, filthy, unclean, soiled
- Synonyms: sudicio, lordo
- Antonym: pulito
- (figurative) dirty, foul, shady, coarse, obscene
- Synonyms: osceno, disonesto, turpe, poco, pulito
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Noun
sporco m (plural sporchi)
- dirt, filth, much
- Synonyms: sporcizia, sudiciume, sudiceria
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sporco
- first-person singular present indicative of sporcare
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