verraco

Spanish

FWOTD – 15 April 2015

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin verrēs (“boar”). Compare Romance cognates with varying suffixes: Portuguese barrão, Asturian bracu, French verrat, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beˈrako/ [beˈra.ko]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -ako
Syllabification: ve‧rra‧co

Noun

verraco m (plural verracos)

a male, uncastrated adult pig
- 2001, Javier Ocampo López, Mitos y leyendas de Antioquia la Grande, Plaza & Janés, page 113:
  El verraco de Guaca es un macho porcino reproductor que aparece en los campos antioqueños con espíritu infernal; […]
  The boar of Guaca is a male reproducing pig that appears in the fields of Antioquia as an infernal spirit; […]
(archaeology) a stone sculpture of a pig or other quadruped created by the pre-Roman inhabitants of Iberia, especially the Vettones
- 2003, Jesús Rafael Álvarez-Sanchís, Los vettones, Real Academia de la Historia, page 309:
  […] , siendo Balarus uno de los nombres que aparece en la inscripción funeraria de un verraco abulense
  […] , Balarus being one of the names that appears in the funerary inscription of a verraco from Ávila.
(Latin America) foolish, slovenly or misbehaving person
- 2013, Silvio Hernando Torres Zuniga, Los Hijos Del Brujo, LibrosEnRed, page 490:
  Les cuento que este muchacho es un verraco; porque llegar aquí sin ninguna dirección, ni dinero y, para completar, sin saber leer ni escribir. Este muchacho es un verraco.
  I’m telling you that this guy is a fool; because he arrived here without any directions, nor money and, what’s more, not knowing how to read or write. This guy is a fool.
(Philippines) a stud, literally and figuratively; oftentimes used in the context of masculinity and machismo
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

bejuco de verraco

Related terms

berrinche