pollito
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /poˈʎito/ [poˈʎi.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /poˈʃito/ [poˈʃi.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /poˈʒito/ [poˈʒi.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: po‧lli‧to
Noun
pollito m (plural pollitos, feminine pollita, feminine plural pollitas)
Usage notes
May be used as a hypocorism for a friend or romantic partner.
Further reading
- “pollito”, 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