pollo

See also: pöllö

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpol.lo/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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

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): (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]

 
  • (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

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: polho

Further reading
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