picagallina

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to peck”) +‎ gallina (“chicken, hen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌpikaɡaˈʝina/ [ˌpi.ka.ɣ̞aˈʝi.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌpikaɡaˈʝina/ [ˌpi.ka.ɣ̞aˈʝi.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˌpikaɡaˈʎina/ [ˌpi.ka.ɣ̞aˈʎi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌpikaɡaˈʃina/ [ˌpi.ka.ɣ̞aˈʃi.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌpikaɡaˈʒina/ [ˌpi.ka.ɣ̞aˈʒi.na]

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pi‧ca‧ga‧lli‧na

Noun

picagallina f (plural picagallinas)

1. chickweed

   Synonyms: pamplina, álsine, hierba gallinera, capiquí

Further reading

• “picagallina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10