pigsty

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

Translation

n. likainen huone, jota käytetään kuvaamaan erittäin sotkuista tai likasta paikkaa
Word Forms
Pluralpigsties

Phrases & Collocations

dirty pigsty

likainen possunpyörä

Example Sentences

The pigsty was filthy and smelled terrible.

Sikasiassa oli likainen ja se haisi kauheasti.

She cleaned out the pigsty every morning.

Hän siivosi sikasiakan joka aamu.

The pigsty was overrun with rats.

Sikasiakka oli tulvillaan rotia.

The farmer built a new pigsty for his pigs.

Maanviljelijä rakensi uuden sikasiakan sikoilleen.

The pigsty needs to be mucked out.

Sikasiakka pitää lannoittaa.

The pigsty was infested with flies.

Sikasiakka oli täynnä kärpäsiä.

The pigsty was a mess of mud and manure.

Sikasiakka oli muta- ja lantamössöä.

The pigs were squealing loudly in the pigsty.

Siut kirkuivat kovaäänisesti sikasiassa.

The pigsty was in desperate need of repair.

Sikasiakka oli erittäin huonossa kunnossa ja vaati korjauksia.

The pigsty was located at the back of the farm.

Sikasiakka sijaitsi maatilan takana.

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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