porcino

English

Noun

porcino (plural porcini)

1. Alternative form of porcini (“type of mushroom”).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“hog”).

Adjective

porcino (feminine porcina, masculine plural porcini, feminine plural porcine)

1. piglike

Related terms

• porco

Noun

porcino m (plural porcini)

1. (mycology) penny bun or cep Boletus edulis

   Synonym: brisa

Anagrams

• corpino

Latin

Adjective

porcīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of porcīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“hog”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈsĩ.nu/ [pohˈsĩ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈsĩ.nu/ [pohˈsĩ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈsĩ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈsĩ.nu/ [poχˈsĩ.nu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻˈsĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈsi.no/ [pohˈsi.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈsi.nu/

• Hyphenation: por‧ci‧no

Adjective

porcino (feminine porcina, masculine plural porcinos, feminine plural porcinas)

1. porcine (of or relating to pigs)

   Synonym: suíno

Related terms

• porco

Further reading

• “porcino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “porcino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“hog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈθino/ [poɾˈθi.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poɾˈsino/ [poɾˈsi.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: por‧ci‧no

Adjective

porcino (feminine porcina, masculine plural porcinos, feminine plural porcinas)

1. porcine, pig

Derived terms

• gripe porcina
• tejón porcino

Related terms

• puerco

Noun

porcino m (plural porcinos)

1. the pork meat industry

Further reading

• “porcino”, 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