pollera
English
Etymology
American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Noun
pollera (plural polleras)
- A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
Spanish
Etymology
Feminine of pollero, from Latin pullāriō, pullāria from pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝeɾa/ [poˈʝe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎeɾa/ [poˈʎe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃeɾa/ [poˈʃe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒeɾa/ [poˈʒe.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: po‧lle‧ra
Noun
pollera f (plural polleras)
- pollera
- (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay) skirt, overskirt, kilt
- pollera escocesa ― tartan kilt
- pollera pantalón ― culottes
- Synonym: falda
- baby walker, a walking frame used to help teach children to walk without falling
- chicken coop
- female equivalent of pollero
Derived terms
- pollera tubo
- pollera colorá
Further reading
- “pollero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014