Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /poˈʎito/ [poˈʎi.t̪o] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /poˈʃito/ [poˈʃi.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /poˈʒito/ [poˈʒi.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: po‧lli‧to
Noun
[edit]pollito m (plural pollitos, feminine pollita, feminine plural pollitas)
- young chicken
- (colloquial) young child
Usage notes
[edit]May be used as a hypocorism for a friend or romantic partner.
Further reading
[edit]- “pollito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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