Also means
pork
Usage Note
Cerdo means both the live animal and the meat, similar to how English uses 'pork' for the meat alone. In polite contexts puerco or cochino are regional synonyms, with cochino also used as an insult (dirty person). The adjective cerdo can be used colloquially to call someone a slob. Female: cerda; young pig: lechón or cochinillo.
Examples
"El cerdo come todo lo que encuentra."
Natural Translation
The pig eats everything it finds.
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