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pollo

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “pollo” mean in English?

  1. chicken

Example sentences

  • Como pollo asado.

    I eat roast chicken.

  • Hay pollos en la granja.

    There are chickens at the farm.

  • Pollo con arroz, por favor.

    Chicken with rice, please.

How to use it

Pollo means 'chicken' (the meat OR the live bird). Masculine: el pollo. Plural pollos. Same word for both senses.

Common mistake

Pollo covers both 'chicken' (food) AND 'chicken' (bird). Pollo asado = roast chicken; un pollo en el corral = a chicken in the yard.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.