porcino
porcine
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Formal adjective for anything having to do with pigs
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pork
pig meat
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-ino
adjective suffix
Porcino means porcine and is related to the English word pork0, turned into an adjective for anything to do with pigs.
porcino
pig, swine, porcine (of pigs)
Relating to pigs as animals, used for herds, farms, industries and diseases. It is the formal word you see in news and agriculture rather than in everyday speech.
El sector porcino creció mucho este añoThe pig sector grew a lot this year
La gripe porcina afectó a varias granjasSwine flu affected several farms
pork (meat)
Pig meat and the products made from it. This is the sense closest to the English word pork itself.
Compramos carne porcina para el asadoWe bought pork for the barbecue
La producción porcina del país aumentóThe country's pork production increased