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noun, feminine

pocilga

/poˈθilɡa/

noun, feminine/poˈθilɡa/plural: pocilgas

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept); dump, pigsty, kip (very untidy house or room)

Synonyms: chiquero, porqueriza, gallinero

Inherited from Old Spanish porcilga, related to puerco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and cortīcula, from a diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle. Compare Portuguese pocilga, Catalan porcigola, Occitan pourcinglo.