Meaning
piglet; pig
- a young pig; piglet
- a messy, gluttonous, or lecherous person (figurative)
In a sentence
Nella fattoria abbiamo visto un piccolo porcello che correva.
On the farm we saw a little piglet running around.
Non mangiare con le mani come un porcello!
Don't eat with your hands like a pig!
I piccoli porcelli seguivano la scrofa nel recinto.
The little piglets followed the sow in the pen.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| porcello | masculine · singular |
| porcelli | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Diminutive of 'porco', but often used directly to refer to a piglet or as a mild insult.