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chicken Meaning in Spanish (chicken significado en español)

nounpollo, gallina
adjectivecobarde
Sinónimos:avecorazón blando
pollo in English:chicken
Phonetic:póyo
Plural: chickens
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de chicken en español es pollo, gallina, cobarde. (Un ave doméstica común criada por su carne y huevos.)

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Chicken visual illustration - Meaning in Spanish (pollo)
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Definitions of Chicken

  1. 1
    noun
    gallina

    A common domestic bird raised for its meat and eggs.

    Un ave doméstica común criada por su carne y huevos.

  2. 2
    noun
    pollo

    The meat from a chicken, commonly eaten as food.

    La carne de una gallina, comúnmente consumida como alimento.

  3. 3
    adjective(informal)
    cobarde

    Lacking courage; easily frightened or intimidated.

    Carente de coraje; fácilmente asustado o intimidado.

Example Sentences

“The farmer has many chickens on his farm.”

El granjero tiene muchas gallinas en su granja.

“We had roasted chicken for dinner last night.”

Anoche cenamos pollo asado.

casual

“Don't be such a chicken; just jump!”

No seas tan cobarde; ¡salta ya!

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

gallinaavecorazón blando

In English:

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

valienteaudaz

Inflected Word Forms

nounchick
adjectivechicken-hearted

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

chicken outphrasal_verb

To decide not to do something because you are too frightened.

chicken feedidiom

A very small amount of money.

chicken and eggexpression

A situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things caused the other.