polluelo

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo (“chick, chicken”) +‎ -uelo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝwelo/ [poˈʝwe.lo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝwelo/ [poˈʝwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /poˈʎwelo/ [poˈʎwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃwelo/ [poˈʃwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒwelo/ [poˈʒwe.lo]

• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: po‧llue‧lo

Noun

polluelo m (plural polluelos, feminine polluela, feminine plural polluelas)

1. chick (young bird)

   Synonym: pollito

2. fledgling (young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flight)

Further reading

• “polluelo”, 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