pollino

Catalan

Verb

pollino

1. first-person singular present indicative of pollinar

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

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]

• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: po‧lli‧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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28