What does chancho in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word chancho in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use chancho in Spanish.

The word chancho in Spanish means pig, pork, grubby, filthy, pig, porker, do half-assed, what goes around comes around, fake, be as fat as a pig. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word chancho

pig

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (AmL (animal: cerdo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Entre todos nos compramos un chancho para engordarlo.
Between us, we bought a pig to fatten up.

pork

nombre masculino (AmL (carne de cerdo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Comemos chancho de vez en cuando.
We eat pork every so often.

grubby, filthy

adjetivo (AmL: coloquial (sucio, poco pulcro)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Alfredo nunca se baña; es muy chancho. No seas chancho; no entregues tu tarea con manchas de comida.
Alfredo never takes a bath; he's really filthy. Don't be so grubby; don't hand in your homework with food stains on it.

pig

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (AmL: coloquial (persona sucia) (figurative, pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esa chancha se pone la misma ropa toda la semana: ¡qué asco!
That pig wears the same clothes all week. How rank!

porker

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (AmL: coloquial, ofensivo (persona gorda) (slang: pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pablo regresó de las vacaciones hecho un chancho.
He came back from his vacation a real porker.

do half-assed

locución adverbial (CR, coloquial, desaprobación (sin esmero, sin pulcritud) (vulgar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
¡Siempre tenés que hacer las cosas a lo chancho!

what goes around comes around

expresión (AmL, coloquial (recompensa por malos actos)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Ahora está tranquilo, pero ya va a ver en unos años: a todo chancho le llega su hora.
Now he's calm, but he'll see in a few years: what goes around comes around.

fake

locución verbal (CR, coloquial, desaprobación (actuar con disimulo)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
¡No se haga el chancho y recójame todas esas cosas de la mesa!

be as fat as a pig

locución verbal (CR, NI: coloquial, ofensivo (estar muy gordo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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