gallina de la sierra

Spanish

Etymology

From gallina +‎ de +‎ la +‎ sierra, literally “hen of the mountain range”.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˌʝina de la ˈsjera/ [ɡaˌʝi.na ð̞e la ˈsje.ra] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˌʎina de la ˈsjera/ [ɡaˌʎi.na ð̞e la ˈsje.ra] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˌʃina de la ˈsjera/ [ɡaˌʃi.na ð̞e la ˈsje.ra] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˌʒina de la ˈsjera/ [ɡaˌʒi.na ð̞e la ˈsje.ra] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na de la sie‧rra

Noun

gallina de la sierra f (plural gallinas de la sierra)

  1. (New Mexico, archaic) turkey (bird in the genus Meleagris)
    Synonyms: pavo, guajolote

See also

References

  • Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas‎[1], University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
  • Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (9 April 2023) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times‎[2], retrieved 9 April 2023
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