pollito

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

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

young chicken
(colloquial) young child

Further reading

“pollito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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