pollito
Spanish
Etymology
From pollo + -ito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎito/ [poˈʎi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃito/ [poˈʃi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒito/ [poˈʒi.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: po‧lli‧to
Noun
pollito m (plural pollitos, feminine pollita, feminine plural pollitas)
- young chicken
- (colloquial) young child
Further reading
- “pollito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014