pig

el cerdo

noun

pig
[pɪg]
sustantivo
1cerdo (m) puerco (m) (animal)chancho (m) (Am)
2comilón(ona) (m,f) glotón(ona) (m,f) (familiar) (greedy person)chancho (m) (Am); cerdo(a) (m,f) asqueroso(a) (m,f) chancho (m) (Am) (unpleasant person)
3madero (m) (very familiar) (policeman) (español de España)paco (m) (Andes, español de Panamá)tamarindo (m) (español de México)cana (m) (RP) (unpleasant person)
4(familiar) (idioms)
  • to buy a pig in a poke (unpleasant person) -> recibir gato por liebre
  • to make a pig's ear of something -> hacer un estropicio con algo (británico)
  • to make a pig of oneself -> ponerse hasta las orejas de comida
  • pigs might fly! -> ¡que te crees tú eso!, ¡y yo soy la reina de los mares! (español de España), ¡y yo soy el presidente de la República! (español de México), ¡y yo soy Gardel! (RP)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp pigged)
5(familiar)
  • to pig oneself -> ponerse las botas (comiendo)

pig [pig]
sustantivo
1Cochino, cerdo, marrano, puerco, cochinillo, lechón (pork).
  • Sucking-pig -> lechoncillo
  • Pig-sty -> zahurda, la pocilga en que se encierraan los puercos
2Masa oblonga de metal después de fundida en un molde basto, como de arena; tejo, lingote, pigote, galápago o barra;
verbo
3g.
  • Pig-lead -> un lingote de plomo
  • To buy a pig in a poke -> cerrar un trato a ciegas sin saber bien lo que se hace
  • Pig-iron -> hierro en lingotes; barra, masa de hierro colado
  • Pig-pen -> pocilga
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Parir la puerca. (n)
2Conducirse o vivir como cochinos. (n)
  • Pig out -> darse un atracón

pig [pɪɡ]
noun
1 cerdo; (m) chancho; (m) (LAm)
roast pig lechón asado al horno; (m)or wild pig cerdo de monte; (m)
he made a right pig's ear of it (informal) le salió muy mal; le salió un verdadero churro; (Esp) (informal) le salió una auténtica cagada; (very_informal)
in a pig's eye! (US) (informal) ¡ni hablar!
yes, and pigs might fly! cuando las ranas críen pelo
to buy a pig in a poke comprar algo a ciegas
to sell sb a pig in a poke dar gato por liebre a algn
2 (informal) (person) (dirty, nasty) cerdoacerda;a cerda (informal) (m) (f) puercoapuerca;a puerca (informal) (m) (f) chanchoachancha;a chancha (informal) (m) (f) (LAm) (greedy) comilónonacomilona;ona comilona (informal) (m) (f) tragónonatragona;ona tragona (informal) (m) (f)
you pig! (humorous) ¡bandido!
to make a pig of o.s. darse un atracón; (informal) ponerse las botas; (informal)
3 (very_informal) (policeman) poli; (informal) (m)
the pigs la poli; (informal) la pasma; (Esp) (very_informal) la cana; (S. Cone) (very_informal)
4 (informal) (sth difficult or unpleasant)
it was a pig of a job fue un trabajo de lo más puñetero; (informal) this car's a pig to start a este puñetero coche le cuesta lo suyo arrancar; (informal)
5 (Metal) lingote; (m)
verb:transitive
to pig it vivir como cerdos
modifier
pig iron (n) hierro en lingotes; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "pig"

Imperative
  • pig
  • you pig
  • he/she pigs
  • we pig
  • you pig
  • they pig
Preterite
  • I pigged
  • you pigged
  • he/she pigged
  • we pigged
  • you pigged
  • they pigged
Present Continuous
  • I am pigging
  • you are pigging
  • he/she is pigging
  • we are pigging
  • you are pigging
  • they are pigging
Present Perfect
  • I have pigged
  • you have pigged
  • he/she has pigged
  • we have pigged
  • you have pigged
  • they have pigged
Past Continuous
  • I was pigging
  • you were pigging
  • he/she was pigging
  • we were pigging
  • you were pigging
  • they were pigging
Past Perfect
  • I had pigged
  • you had pigged
  • he/she had pigged
  • we had pigged
  • you had pigged
  • they had pigged
Future
  • I will pig
  • you will pig
  • he/she will pig
  • we will pig
  • you will pig
  • they will pig
Future Perfect
  • I will have pigged
  • you will have pigged
  • he/she will have pigged
  • we will have pigged
  • you will have pigged
  • they will have pigged
Future Continuous
  • I will be pigging
  • you will be pigging
  • he/she will be pigging
  • we will be pigging
  • you will be pigging
  • they will be pigging
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been pigging
  • you have been pigging
  • he/she has been pigging
  • we have been pigging
  • you have been pigging
  • they have been pigging
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been pigging
  • you will have been pigging
  • he/she will have been pigging
  • we will have been pigging
  • you will have been pigging
  • they will have been pigging
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been pigging
  • you had been pigging
  • he/she had been pigging
  • we had been pigging
  • you had been pigging
  • they had been pigging
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