pollo
See also: pöllö
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pollo m (plural polli)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- pollo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pollo m (plural pollos)
- chicken (meat)
- pollo frito ― fried chicken
- young chicken (specially a male, or one of unspecified gender)
- (colloquial) fuss, scene
- (colloquial) (gay slang) twink (a young, attractive, slim man)
Adjective edit
pollo (feminine polla, masculine plural pollos, feminine plural pollas)
Hyponyms edit
- (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 edit
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Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: polho
Further reading edit
- “pollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014