pigsty

[US]/'pɪgstaɪ/
[UK]/'pɪɡstaɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. habitación sucia utilizada para describir un lugar muy desordenado o sucio
Word Forms
Pluralpigsties

Phrases & Collocations

dirty pigsty

cerda sucia

Example Sentences

The pigsty was filthy and smelled terrible.

El chiquero estaba sucio y olía horrible.

She cleaned out the pigsty every morning.

Ella limpiaba el chiquero cada mañana.

The pigsty was overrun with rats.

El chiquero estaba infestado de ratas.

The farmer built a new pigsty for his pigs.

El granjero construyó un nuevo chiquero para sus cerdos.

The pigsty needs to be mucked out.

El chiquero necesita ser limpiado.

The pigsty was infested with flies.

El chiquero estaba infestado de moscas.

The pigsty was a mess of mud and manure.

El chiquero era un desastre de barro y estiércol.

The pigs were squealing loudly in the pigsty.

Los cerdos estaban chillando fuerte en el chiquero.

The pigsty was in desperate need of repair.

El chiquero necesitaba desesperadamente reparación.

The pigsty was located at the back of the farm.

El chiquero estaba ubicado al fondo de la granja.

Real-world Examples

You can go clean the pigsty over there. How about that?

Source: Bedtime stories for children

No wonder the spirits are restless. This place is a pigsty.

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

It was kind of a pigsty. Not that I'm being critical.

Source: Deadly Women

He had a dirty little room close by the pigsty; and there he sat the whole day, and worked.

Source: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Let's use the example of a parent coming home after a long day of work and the house is a pigsty.

Source: Emma's delicious English

The end result is a bacteria ridden pigsty called biofilm.

Source: Scientific Insight

A " pigsty" (pigsty – one word) is, literally, a place where pigs live.

Source: 2008 ESLPod

Trust me, it beats this pigsty.

Source: Why Women Kill Season 2

And I walk into this pigsty. Let's get started.

Source: Engvid-James Course Collection

" And a fine pigsty we'd live in, too, " Jason said.

Source: The Sound and the Fury

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