calientapollas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of calienta (“to heat up/excite”) +‎ pollas (“cocks”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaljentaˈpoʝas/ [ka.ljẽn̪.t̪aˈpo.ʝas]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaljentaˈpoʝas/ [ka.ljẽn̪.t̪aˈpo.ʝas]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaljentaˈpoʎas/ [ka.ljẽn̪.t̪aˈpo.ʎas]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaljentaˈpoʃas/ [ka.ljẽn̪.t̪aˈpo.ʃas]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaljentaˈpoʒas/ [ka.ljẽn̪.t̪aˈpo.ʒas]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝas

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝas
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎas
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃas
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒas

• Syllabification: ca‧lien‧ta‧po‧llas

Noun

calientapollas m or f by sense (plural calientapollas)

1. (Spain, vulgar) cocktease, cockteaser, prickteaser
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 112:

     —Bah, las tías son todas iguales. Unas calientapollas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “calientapollas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014