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pollo

pollo

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Chicken meat used in Spanish or Latin American cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊjoʊ/
  • US
translation icon : pollo
  • A meal: arroz con pollo.
  • arroz con pollo
  • pollo asado
  • pollo en mole

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Examples

  • A Latino rice-and-beans joint—pernil, mofongo, pollo, the whole bit—that uses great ingredients, with a wonderful list of sherries, ciders, and beers.

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  • What I would give for a burrito con pollo right now.

  • It's, um, pollo con mole.

  • The pollo must be marinated for six weeks.

  • Simple Arroz con Pollo is pretty amazing as well.

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  • Did I tell you that Mom taught me how to make arroz con pollo?

  • The pollo al mojito, a Nueva Cuba specialty.

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  • The taco menu includes popular favorites like carne asada or pollo al carbon (grilled chicken), as well as more traditional tastes.

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  • For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious pollo dish with flavorful spices.

  • She ordered pollo tacos topped with fresh cilantro and lime.

Synonyms

chicken
vspollo
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Meat from a farm bird that people eat

is the Spanish or Latin American culinary form of that same meat

Compounds

A rice and chicken dish cooked together with spices, often saffron

Surface Forms

pollo singular
pollos plural

Etymology

Pollo is the Spanish word for 'chicken' and it also comes from Latin pullus, originally meaning 'young animal'. Because of that history, pollo is the word you will see on menus to mean chicken in cooking and food.