porqueria
Catalan
Etymology
From porc + -eria. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Spanish porquería, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /poɾ.kəˈɾi.ə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pur.kəˈɾi.ə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /poɾ.keˈɾi.a/
Noun
porqueria f (plural porqueries)
- trash, filth, junk, rubbish, crap
- dirtiness, dirt
- crappy action
- cheap or useless thing
Derived terms
- menjar porqueria (“junk food”)
Further reading
- “porqueria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023