gallinero

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈneɾo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈne.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈneɾo/ [ɡa.ʝiˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎiˈneɾo/ [ɡa.ʎiˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈneɾo/ [ɡa.ʃiˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈneɾo/ [ɡa.ʒiˈne.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ne‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin gallīnārium, from gallīna. Compare Portuguese galinheiro, Italian gallinaio.

Noun

gallinero m (plural gallineros)

1. henhouse, chicken coop
2. kip (very untidy house or room)

   Synonyms: chiquero, pocilga

3. nosebleed section
4. madhouse, bedlam, noisy gathering (a chaotic, uproarious, noisy place)

   Synonym: manicomio

Related terms

• gallina
• gallo

 

See also

• pajarera

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin gallīnārius. Equivalent to gallina +‎ -ero.

Noun

gallinero m (plural gallineros)

1. one who treats in hens

Further reading

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