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pigsty

nounmasculine/ʃiˈkɐjɾu/medium

chi·quei·ro

Definition

An 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.
Common collocations
pigstyclean the pigsty

Etymology

Do latim *porcīle*, através do galego-português *chiqueiro*.

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