cerdo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέρδων (kérdōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.doː/, [ˈkɛɾd̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.do/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrd̪ɔ]

Noun

cerdō m (genitive cerdōnis); third declension

1. A handicraftsman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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Spanish

Etymology

From cerda, from Latin seta.

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

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

1. dirty

Noun

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

1. pig, hog

   Synonyms: cochino, chancho, marrano, puerco

2. pork

   Synonyms: puerco, chancho

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

Derived terms

• a todo cerdo le llega su san Martín
• cerdo hormiguero

 

Anagrams

• cedro, credo

Further reading

• “cerdo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.