pollera

English

Etymology

American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Noun

pollera (plural polleras)

1. A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of pollero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝeɾa/ [poˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝeɾa/ [poˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /poˈʎeɾa/ [poˈʎe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃeɾa/ [poˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒeɾa/ [poˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: po‧lle‧ra

Noun

pollera f (plural polleras)

1. pollera (a Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt)
2. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay) skirt, overskirt, kilt

   Synonym: falda

   pollera escocesa ― tartan kilt

   pollera pantalón ― culottes

3. baby walker (a walking frame used to help teach children to walk without falling)

   Synonym: tacataca

4. chicken coop

   Synonym: gallinero

5. female equivalent of pollero

Derived terms

• pollera colorá
• pollera tubo

 

Further reading

• “pollero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16