pimpollo

Spanish

Etymology

From pino (“pine”) +‎ pollo (“chicken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pimˈpoʎo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pimˈpoʃo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pimˈpoʒo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: pim‧po‧llo

Noun

pimpollo m (plural pimpollos)

1. (agriculture) a seedling
2. (forestry) a pine tree sapling
3. (forestry) a young tree
4. (botany) a new stem either soft or wooden
5. (botany) a nearly blossomed rose flower
6. a very handsome, gallant, and graceful boy or young man

See also

• pimpollo de oro
• pimpolla
• pimpollito
• pimpollita

Further reading

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