pollera
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Noun
[edit]pollera (plural polleras)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine of pollero.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: po‧lle‧ra
Noun
[edit]pollera f (plural polleras)
- pollera (a Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt)
- (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay) skirt, overskirt, kilt
- baby walker (a walking frame used to help teach children to walk without falling)
- Synonym: tacataca
- chicken coop
- Synonym: gallinero
- female equivalent of pollero
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pollero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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