cerdo

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek κέρδων (kérdōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛr.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.do]

Noun

cerdō m (genitive cerdōnis); third declension

1. A handicraftsman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cerdō	cerdōnēs
genitive	cerdōnis	cerdōnum
dative	cerdōnī	cerdōnibus
accusative	cerdōnem	cerdōnēs
ablative	cerdōne	cerdōnibus
vocative	cerdō	cerdōnēs

References

• “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerdo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cerdo”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “cerdo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cerdo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish [Term?]?

Spanish cerda

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Spanish -o

Spanish cerdo

From cerda + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeɾdo/ [ˈθeɾ.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈseɾdo/ [ˈseɾ.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾdo
• Syllabification: cer‧do

Adjective

cerdo (feminine cerda, masculine plural cerdos, feminine plural cerdas)

1. dirty

   Synonym: sucio

Noun

cerdo m (plural cerdos, feminine cerda, feminine plural cerdas)

1. pig, hog

   Synonyms: cochino, chancho, marrano, puerco, guarro, gorrino

2. pork

   Synonyms: puerco, chancho

3. (colloquial, figurative) slob, pig, hog

   Synonyms: vago, haragán

Derived terms

• a todo cerdo le llega su san Martín
• cerdear
• cerdo hormiguero
• como un cerdo
• dar margaritas a los cerdos
• queso de cerdo

Further reading

• “cerdo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• cedro, credo