pollo

See also: pöllö

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpol.lo/[1]
  • Audio (il pollo):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ollo
  • Hyphenation: pól‧lo

Noun

pollo m (plural polli)

  1. (animals) chicken
  2. (meats) chicken
  3. (slang) sucker, chump, dupe or patsy
  4. (slang) pushover or weakling

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ pollo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • pollo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Pronunciation

 

 

  • Syllabification: po‧llo

Noun

pollo m (plural pollos)

  1. chicken (meat)
    pollo frito ― fried chicken
  2. young chicken (specially a male, or one of unspecified gender)
  3. (colloquial) fuss, scene
    Synonyms: lío, escándalo
    montar un pollo ― to make a fuss
  4. (colloquial, gay slang) twink (a young, attractive, slim man)
    Antonym: oso

Adjective

pollo (feminine polla, masculine plural pollos, feminine plural pollas)

  1. (Chile, slang) inexperienced
    Synonym: inexperto

Hyponyms

  • (animal): gallina
  • (animal): gallo
  • (meat): pollo a la naranja (“orange chicken”)
  • (meat): pollo a la parrilla (“grilled chicken”)
  • (meat): pollo agridulce (“sweet and sour chicken”)
  • (meat): pollo asado (“roast chicken, roasted chicken”)
  • (meat): pollo frito (“fried chicken”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: polho

Further reading

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