calentura de pollo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “chicken's fever”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kalenˌtuɾa de ˈpoʝo/ [ka.lẽn̪ˌt̪u.ɾa ð̞e ˈpo.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kalenˌtuɾa de ˈpoʎo/ [ka.lẽn̪ˌt̪u.ɾa ð̞e ˈpo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kalenˌtuɾa de ˈpoʃo/ [ka.lẽn̪ˌt̪u.ɾa ð̞e ˈpo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kalenˌtuɾa de ˈpoʒo/ [ka.lẽn̪ˌt̪u.ɾa ð̞e ˈpo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: ca‧len‧tu‧ra de po‧llo

Noun

calentura de pollo f (plural calenturas de pollo)

  1. (colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a mild fever

Further reading

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