cochino
See also: cochíno
Spanish
Etymology
From cocho, from coch, used to call pigs. Compare French cochon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈt͡ʃino/ [koˈt͡ʃi.no]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: co‧chi‧no
Noun
cochino m (plural cochinos)
- pig, hog
- Synonyms: cerdo, chancho, guarro, puerco
- pervert
Derived terms
- (diminutives): cochinito, cochinillo
- bahía de Cochinos
- cochinada
Descendants
- → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cochíno
Adjective
cochino (feminine cochina, masculine plural cochinos, feminine plural cochinas)
- dirty (as in an action done by a child like eating with dirty hands)
- Synonyms: guarro, puerco, chancho
Further reading
- “cochino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014