pimpollo
Spanish
Etymology
From pino (“pine”) + pollo (“chicken”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /pimˈpoʎo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /pimˈpoʃo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /pimˈpoʒo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: pim‧po‧llo
Noun
pimpollo m (plural pimpollos)
- (agriculture) a seedling
- (forestry) a pine tree sapling
- (forestry) a young tree
- (botany) a new stem either soft or wooden
- (botany) a nearly blossomed rose flower
- a very handsome, gallant, and graceful boy or young man
Derived terms
- pimpolla
- pimpollito, pimpollita
- pimpollo de oro
Descendants
- → Portuguese: pimpolho
Further reading
- “pimpollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024