pollada

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝada/ [poˈʝa.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝada/ [poˈʝa.ð̞a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʎada/ [poˈʎa.ð̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʃada/ [poˈʃa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʒada/ [poˈʒa.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: po‧lla‧da

Noun

pollada f (plural polladas)

1. brood
2. Peruvian chicken recipe prepared in exchange of receiving a profit to help a particular need
   • 2016 June 22, “El amor y la necesidad las unió”, in El Comercio‎:

     No es un trabajo fácil, a eso se suma las rifas, polladas, tómbolas y de más actividades que se realizan para poder pagar el sueldo de la Sra.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “pollada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025