pimpollo

Spanish

Etymology

From pino (“pine”) +‎ pollo (“chicken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʎo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʃo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʒo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: pim‧po‧llo

Noun

pimpollo m (plural pimpollos)

1. (agriculture) a seedling
2. (forestry) a pine tree sapling
3. (forestry) a young tree
4. (botany) a new stem either soft or wooden
5. (botany) a nearly blossomed rose flower
6. a very handsome, gallant, and graceful boy or young man

Derived terms

• pimpolla
• pimpollito, pimpollita
• pimpollo de oro

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pimpolho

Further reading

• “pimpollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024