Etymology From porc + -eria. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Spanish porquería, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria. Pronunciation IPA(key): (Central) [pur.kəˈɾi.ə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [por.kəˈɾi.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [poɾ.keˈɾi.a] Noun porqueria f (plural porqueries) trash, filth, junk, rubbish, crap dirtiness, dirt crappy action cheap or useless thing Derived terms menjar porqueria (“junk food”) Further reading “porqueria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024