pollo

See also: pöllö

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol.lo/

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• Rhymes: -ollo
• Hyphenation: pól‧lo

Noun

pollo m (plural polli)

1. (animals) chicken
2. (meats) chicken
3. (slang) sucker, chump, dupe or patsy
4. (slang) pushover or weakling

Derived terms

• pollaio
• pollo delle pampas
• pollo sultano

 

Related terms

• pollare
• pollastra
• pollino
• pulcino
• pullulare

 

Further reading

• pollo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

pollo (1)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʝo/ [ˈpo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpoʝo/ [ˈpo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈpoʎo/ [ˈpo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpoʃo/ [ˈpo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpoʒo/ [ˈpo.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: po‧llo
• Homophone: (with yeísmo) poyo

Noun

pollo m (plural pollos)

1. chicken (meat)

   pollo frito ― fried chicken

2. young chicken (specially a male, or one of unspecified gender)
3. (colloquial) fuss, scene

   Synonyms: lío, escándalo

   montar un pollo ― to make a fuss

4. (colloquial) (gay slang) twink (a young, attractive, slim man)

Adjective

pollo (feminine polla, masculine plural pollos, feminine plural pollas)

1. (Chile, slang) inexperienced

Hyponyms

• (animal): gallina
• (animal): gallo
• (meat): pollo a la naranja (“orange chicken”)
• (meat): pollo a la parrilla (“grilled chicken”)
• (meat): pollo agridulce (“sweet and sour chicken”)
• (meat): pollo asado (“roast chicken, roasted chicken”)
• (meat): pollo frito (“fried chicken”)

 

Derived terms

• como si te la pica un pollo
• echarse el pollo
• hierba del pollo
• memoria de pollo
• montar el pollo
• montar un pollo
• pastel de pollo
• polla
• pollada
• pollería
• pollito
• pollito feliz
• pollo a la naranja
• polluelo
• sudar como un pollo

 

Related terms

• pollero
• pollino
• pulular
• repollo

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: polho

Further reading

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