gallinejas

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʝiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʝiˈne.xas] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʎiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʎiˈne.xas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʃiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʃiˈne.xas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaʒiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʒiˈne.xas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -exas
  • Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ne‧jas

Noun

gallinejas f pl (plural only)

  1. chitterlings
    • 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:
      Era la vecina del bohardillón, llamada comúnmente la gallinejera, por tener puesto de gallineja y fritanga en la esquina de la Arganzuela.
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    • 1904, Pío Baroja, La busca, Parte II/Chapter III:
      En la taberna, gran número de mendigos, sentados en las mesas, engullían pedazos de bacalao y piltrafas de carne; un olor picante de gallinejas y de aceite salía de la cocina.
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