pollero

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Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ero, or from Latin pullārius.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒeɾo/

  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: po‧lle‧ro

Noun

pollero m (plural polleros, feminine pollera, feminine plural polleras)

  1. one who raises and sells chickens for a living
  2. (El Salvador, Mexico) smuggler of illegal immigrants
    Trabajar de pollero era legal en El Salvador a finales de los 70.
    To work as a coyote was legal in El Salvador during the late 70s.
    • 2014-07-13,, Óscar Martínez with reports from Jimmy Alvarado, "Los niños no se van: se los llevan", El Faro, newspaper, URL:http://www.elfaro.net/es/201407/noticias/15683/ link, accessed 2014-07-18
      Es un coyote, un pollero, que ha visto los diferentes tiempos de la migración [...]
      He is a coyote, a smuggler of illegal immigrants, who has seen different epochs of migration
    Synonym: coyote

Noun

pollero m (plural polleros)

  1. chicken coop; place where chickens are raised
    Synonym: gallinero

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