pollito

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝito/ [poˈʝi.t̪o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʎito/ [poˈʎi.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʃito/ [poˈʃi.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /poˈʒito/ [poˈʒi.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: po‧lli‧to

Noun

pollito m (plural pollitos, feminine pollita, feminine plural pollitas)

1. young chicken
2. (colloquial) young child

Usage notes

May be used as a hypocorism for a friend or romantic partner.

Further reading

• “pollito”, 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