Definitions tagged pollo in the street dictionary.
A social gathering with friends or family for a cookout. It involves grilling beef, chicken, and chorizo over charcoal or an electric grill, usually served with sides like yuca, potatoes, and salad. (In Venezuela, it refers to both the event itself and the platter of grilled food).
How about we have a PARRILLA at my place to celebrate? / I loved grandma's PARRILLA.
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A romantic partner or companion, such as a boyfriend or girlfriend, who keeps their partner warm in both body and spirit.
A: I am so tired of being alone, girl. It is such a drag. B: Go get a really good guy to keep you company. A quita frío.
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A cooking style, usually for meat or fish, where the food is breaded and often pounded flat (similar to a breaded cutlet or schnitzel).
He likes apanado chicken more than regular fried chicken. They served us apanado fish: it was delicious!
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A slang term used to refer to a person's significant other, boyfriend, or girlfriend. (In Panama, the masculine version is pollo).
And your Polla? Where did you leave her? Maria got herself a pollo, have you met him yet?
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A rooster or hen with a plumage pattern of gray or ash-colored feathers with white stripes, or white feathers with gray spots.
There was a jabado in this chicken coop.
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Cheap chicken parts including feet, ribs, and necks that are sold at a low cost, usually by street vendors. (In the Dominican Republic, this term literally means pick and shovel and refers to the most affordable cuts of meat).
I do not have much money, so I am going to buy pico y pala today.
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A type of arepa (a traditional Venezuelan cornmeal cake) stuffed with a cold salad of shredded chicken and avocado mixed with mayonnaise. (The name was created in the 1950s to honor Susana Duijm, the first Venezuelan to win Miss World; pepeada was slang at the time for a woman with a curvy figure.)
I want two reina pepeadas. Give me one reina pepeada to go.
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Used to describe a person named Granell, characterizing him as a rookie who talks nonsense and lives in a pink house.
My name is Granell, also known as the habichuelo.
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Derived from the word for chicken (pollo), which, in contrast to a hen (gallina), signifies youth and a lack of experience. It describes a young woman who is green, tender, or a rookie.
Patricia is a pollona, she is young and has very little experience. Luis is a pollon compared to that old-timer.
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A Dominican dish consisting of fried chicken, typically served with fried plantains or rice.
S: Mom, what is for lunch today? M: Picapollo. S: Sounds good, yours is delicious!
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A savory garlic-based sauce used to marinate and serve with charcoal-grilled chicken (a staple condiment in the Dominican Republic).
Let's head to El Provocón because they put wasakaka on it there.
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1. n. A budget-friendly restaurant specializing in fried chicken served with tostones (fried green plantains) or fries. 2. n. The meal itself, consisting of breaded fried chicken and a side. (These spots are a common staple of Dominican street food).
I worked for three days and they came at me with a tuti and a picapollo.
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Fried chicken breast strips. The name comes from a promotion by Pollos Victorina, the first major chain to offer them, but the term is now used generically at any fried chicken joint (a picapollo is a local Dominican fried chicken establishment).
Give me 15 pesos so I have enough for today's Pechurina.
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A heavy smack or hard blow to the back, delivered with either an open palm or a closed fist. (The term literally means chicken killer, implying the strike is hard enough to kill a small animal).
A: Did you see that matapollo Juanito gave to that guy? B: He hit him really hard, now that is what I call a matapollo!
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Yeismo is a phonetic shift where the letter y and the double ll are pronounced identically. Originally, these represented two distinct sounds, but they have merged in most modern dialects. Depending on the specific region, the resulting sound can vary from a standard English y to a sound closer to j or sh.
Poyo and pollo sound exactly the same in speech.
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A chicken's crop or craw, used colloquially to refer to a person's stomach or throat when they have eaten their fill.
His buche is full.
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A vulgar term for the penis. It is used to describe the male organ in sexual contexts or when referring to a blow to the groin area. (Literally sweet potato, used as a phallic euphemism due to its shape).
give me camote, I hit myself in the camote
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In Chile, Pollo has three common meanings: 1. A chicken (the bird). 2. A loogie or phlegm coughed up from the throat. 3. Someone who is naive, silly, or says something stupid (Chileans often use bird names like Pollo or Pavo to call someone a dummy).
Shut up, you are a total Pollo. They are also called Pavo, as in: this guy is such a Pavo.
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A term for a thick piece of phlegm or the rattling sound it makes in the throat when someone with a cold coughs (it is often used sarcastically alongside food-related comments because of the sound's thick consistency).
(Someone coughs and you can hear the phlegm) - Damn, what a Pollo... Bon appetit!
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A term used in the Dominican Republic, especially in Chinese restaurants, to order half a chicken. It is used when someone is being stingy and refuses to buy the whole bird (Chinese takeout is a staple of affordable food in the country).
A: What do you want, brother? B: Give me a medio pollo and some fried pork.
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A bright, vivid yellow color. (Literally: chick yellow, referring to the color of newborn chickens).
The Amarillo Pollito of the national flag.
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A hard, sudden blow or slap to the back.
They gave him a matapollo that knocked him out cold.
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