porquería

/poɾkeˈɾia/ · B1 · noun · f

crap

🐷🗑️ puerco (pig) + -ería = pig stuff, so filth, junk, crap

It comes from Latin porcus, meaning pig, which also gives English pork. A porquería is literally what pigs leave behind, so the word means filth, junk or rubbish, and figuratively nonsense. Hear pork in porqu-: pork-ería, pig mess.

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