🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

carne de porco

Pronunciation / Transliteration: carne de porco

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pork/pɔːrk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Comprei carne de porco para o almoço."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The flesh of a pig used as food.

    "She cooked a delicious pork roast for dinner."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'pork' originates from the Old French 'porc', which itself comes from the Latin 'porcus', meaning 'pig'. The term evolved in the Middle Ages as the French influence spread into English, leading to the differentiation between the animal and the meat derived from it.

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