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Spanish
Etymology
From pollo (“chick, chicken”) + -uelo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝwelo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poˈʎwelo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃwelo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒwelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: po‧llue‧lo
Noun
polluelo m (plural polluelos, feminine polluela, feminine plural polluelas)
- chick (young bird)
- Synonym: pollito
- fledgling (young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flight)
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