pollino

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin pullīnus (“relating to young animals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polˈli.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: pol‧lì‧no

Adjective

pollino (feminine pollina, masculine plural pollini, feminine plural polline)

1. (relational) chicken, poultry

Related terms

• pollo

Anagrams

• polloni

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Spanish

Etymology

From the Latin pullīnus (“relating to young animals”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝino/ [poˈʝi.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝino/ [poˈʝi.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /poˈʎino/ [poˈʎi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃino/ [poˈʃi.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒino/ [poˈʒi.no]

Noun

pollino m (plural pollinos, feminine pollina, feminine plural pollinas)

1. ass, donkey, especially a young and untamed one
2. a rude, unsophisticated or ignorant person

Related terms

• pollo

Adjective

pollino (feminine pollina, masculine plural pollinos, feminine plural pollinas)

1. (of a person) rude, unsophisticated or ignorant

Further reading

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