La palabra de hoy es: 'cerdo' = male pig/ pork.
In Spanish, 'cerdo' is a masculine noun which can trace its origin back to Latin and means a male pig/ hog/ boar. The female pig (sow) in Spanish is 'cerda'. When referring to food, the Spanish noun 'cerdo' means pork (meat).
A couple of Spanish words related to the noun 'cerdo' are 'jabalí' (wild boar) 'lechón' (suckling pig)
In Spanish, the nouns 'cerdo'/ 'cerda' are used in some common expressions:
In Spanish, 'cerdo' is a masculine noun which can trace its origin back to Latin and means a male pig/ hog/ boar. The female pig (sow) in Spanish is 'cerda'. When referring to food, the Spanish noun 'cerdo' means pork (meat).
A couple of Spanish words related to the noun 'cerdo' are 'jabalí' (wild boar) 'lechón' (suckling pig)
In Spanish, the nouns 'cerdo'/ 'cerda' are used in some common expressions:
- Comer como un cerdo (to eat a lot/ to stuff oneself/ to make a pig of oneself)
- Ser un cerdo (to be a pig/ a slob-man)
- Ser una cerda (to be a pig/ a slob-woman)
Examples of the use of 'cerdo'/ 'cerda' and related words are:
- Hoy tenemos filete de cerdo con patatas fritas (today we have pork steak and chips)
- La especialidad de la casa es el lechón asado (roast suckling pig is the house speciality)
- Comí como un cerdo (I ate like a pig)
- Eres un cerdo (you are a pig/ a slob/ a bastard-referring to a male)
- Eres una cerda (you are a pig/ a slob-referring to a female)
Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'cerdo' in YouTube clip Molotov singing: Cerdo
*NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cerdo” in the link to hear the word pronounced.
2 comments:
Los tres cerditos y el lobo que vino a destruir su casa.
... el lobo se los quería comer...
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