porco-da-terra

Portuguese
porco-da-terra

Etymology

Porco (“pig”) + da (“of the”) + terra (“earth; dirt”). Calque of Afrikaans aardvark (“aardvark”), from aarde (“earth”) + vark (“pig”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: por‧co‧da‧ter‧ra

Noun

porco-da-terra m (plural porcos-da-terra, feminine porca-da-terra, feminine plural porcas-da-terra)

  1. aardvark (mammal)

Synonyms
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