pollito

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /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)

1. young chicken
2. (colloquial) young child

Further reading

• “pollito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28