See also: pöllö

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pollo m (plural polli)

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

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Further reading edit

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

Spanish edit

 
pollo (1)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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  • 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

Noun edit

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)

Adjective edit

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

  1. (Chile, slang) inexperienced

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Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: polho

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