Hay ganaderos, pastores, y cabreros. ¿Cómo se le dice al que cria a los cerdos? Ni lo sé en inglés.

Question

There are "ranchers", "shepherds", and "goatherds". What do you call a person (in Spanish) who raises pigs? I can't even find the word in English. To me "pig farmer" sounds very derrogatory, which is not the meaning that I desire. I am trying to explain to a friend what a "earmark" ("political pork") is; and I wanted to explain a little bit of it's history.

• cerdólogo, nah I'm just kidding - 0068e2f4 Nov 16, 2009
• "Cerdólogo" me suena bien apto si se refiere al político que pegue los gastos extra a un proyecto ley. :) - DonBigoteDeL Nov 16, 2009

Answer 1

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Pig farmer is a term used.

granjero de cerdos = criador de cerdos = pig farmer

granjas porcinas = criadero de cerdos = pig farm

porcicultura

Following aloshek's lead I found:

swine herdsperson = swine herdsman = porqueros

• porcicultor = pig farmer - Mokay Nov 16, 2009

Answer 2

Another name for pig farmers is swineherds. Other names are hog farmer and pork producer.

• Who knew growing up in farm country would come in handy on SpanishDict? - aloshek Nov 16, 2009

Answer 3

I forgot completely about "swine". And I am from "farm country", although I don't live on a farm. There are more cows here than people. Now, "Run like a Deere".

• I don't live on a farm either, but I sure worked on them enough...my favorite color is still John Deere green - lol - aloshek Nov 16, 2009
• I used to have a pet pig named choncha when I was little. - 0068e2f4 Nov 16, 2009
• I bet you don't know what it means. - 00515f39 Nov 16, 2009

Answer 4

Chancho means pig in Spanish.

Choncha in Cuba means gorda, fat. But it might have other meanings somewhere else, who knows?

I have to walk around here with an eraser in my hand. One never knows.