pollo

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See also: pöllö

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpol.lo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ollo
  • Hyphenation: pól‧lo

Noun

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pollo m (plural polli)

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Spanish

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pollo (1)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpoʝo/ [ˈpo.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈpoʎo/ [ˈpo.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpoʃo/ [ˈpo.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpoʒo/ [ˈpo.ʒo]

 

  • Syllabification: po‧llo

Noun

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pollo m (plural pollos)

  1. chicken (meat)
    pollo fritofried chicken
  2. young chicken (specially a male, or one of unspecified gender)
  3. (colloquial) fuss, scene
    Synonyms: lío, escándalo
    montar un polloto make a fuss
  4. (colloquial, gay slang) twink (a young, attractive, slim man)
    Antonym: oso

Adjective

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

  1. (Chile, slang) inexperienced
    Synonym: inexperto

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: polho

Further reading

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