polluelo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝwelo/ [poˈʝwe.lo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /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)

chick (young bird)
Synonym: pollito
fledgling (young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flight)

Further reading

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

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