porco-formigueiro
Portuguese, noun/ˌpoʁ.ku.foʁ.miˈɡe(j).ɾu/
porco-formigueiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aardvark (mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero tubulidentado nativo das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer)”.
What does porco-formigueiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaardvark (mammal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero tubulidentado nativo das savanas africanas (Orycteropus afer)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of porco-formigueiro
- porcos-formigueiros plural
- porca-formigueira feminine
- porcas-formigueiras feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porco-formigueiro?
- Brazil /ˌpoʁ.ku.foʁ.miˈɡe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ˌpoh.ku.foɦ.miˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /ˈpoɾ.kʊ foɾ.mɪ.ˈgej.ɾʊ/, /ˈpoɾ.kʊ foɾ.mɪ.ˈge.ɾʊ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porco-formigueiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.