puerco — meaning in English

English meaning

• hog noun A domestic pig, especially a full-grown one raised for meat.
• pig noun A farm animal with a snout and cloven hooves, raised for meat.
• pork noun Meat from a pig.

Senses

puerco is used for these senses in English:

• hog Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
• pig (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
• pork (mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

hog — full definition

1. noun A domestic pig, especially a full-grown one raised for meat.
2. noun A greedy person who takes far more than their fair share of something.
3. noun Informal: a large, heavy motorcycle, especially a Harley-Davidson.
4. verb To take or use more than one's fair share; to monopolize.

pig — full definition

1. noun A farm animal with a snout and cloven hooves, raised for meat.
2. noun Someone who eats greedily or messily (informal, insulting).
3. noun A slang, disrespectful term for a police officer.
4. verb To eat greedily (informal, usually with "out").

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