pololo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Mapudungun püḻülu (“acting like a fly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pololo m (plural pololos, feminine polola, feminine plural pololas)
- (Chile) Any of various beetles, such as Astylus trifasciatus.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 255:
- Hay que tener cuidado de que no penetre en la alcoba, especialmente noche, el insecto llamado pololo, pues gusta de introducirse en las orejas y puede llegar hasta el cerebro, produciendo entonces la muerte de la persona.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Chile) boyfriend (partner in a romantic relationship)
- Synonym: novio
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pololo”, 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
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