pigstynounmasculine/ʃiˈkɐjɾu/mediumchi·quei·roPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionAn enclosure or small building for keeping pigs.The farmer went to feed the pigs in the pigsty.The place was so messy it looked like a pigsty.synpigpenstyCommon collocationspigstyclean the pigstyEtymologyDo latim *porcīle*, através do galego-português *chiqueiro*.Related wordsporcoporcalhãoporcaria