polluelo
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom pollo (“chick, chicken”) + -uelo.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: po‧llue‧lo
Noun
editpolluelo m (plural polluelos, feminine polluela, feminine plural polluelas)
- chick (young bird)
- Synonym: pollito
- fledgling (young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flight)
Further reading
edit- “polluelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014