pollera
English edit
Etymology edit
American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Noun edit
pollera (plural polleras)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of pollero.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: po‧lle‧ra
Noun edit
pollera f (plural polleras)
- pollera (a Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt)
- (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay) skirt, overskirt, kilt
- baby walker, a walking frame used to help teach children to walk without falling
- chicken coop
- Synonym: gallinero
- female equivalent of pollero
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pollero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014