Breakdown of No quiero probar esa porquería.
no
no, not
esa
that (feminine)
querer
to want
probar
to try (taste) / to test / try out
la porquería
the junk
Questions & Answers about No quiero probar esa porquería.
What exactly does porquería mean, and where does the word come from?
Porquería translates to junk, garbage, or crap. It derives from puerco (pig), so originally it meant something dirty or fit for pigs. Today, it is a very common everyday word to describe terrible food, poorly made items, or a bad situation.
Since this lesson focuses on puro, how would I use it here to emphasize that it is "complete junk"?
You would place the adjective right before the noun, matching its gender and number. To say "I don't want to try that absolute junk," you could say No quiero probar esa pura porquería. In Latin America, puro/a is heavily used this way to mean "nothing but" or "complete," adding strong emotional emphasis.
Why use probar here instead of tratar or intentar for "to try"?
Why is it esa porquería and not eso porquería?
Esa is the feminine singular demonstrative adjective for "that", which must match the feminine noun porquería. Eso is a neuter pronoun used for abstract ideas or unknown things (like saying "What is that?" = ¿Qué es eso?), and it is never placed directly in front of a noun.
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