pollero

Spanish

Etymology

From pollo +‎ -ero, or from Latin pullārius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈʝeɾo/ [poˈʝe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈʝeɾo/ [poˈʝe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /poˈʎeɾo/ [poˈʎe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈʃeɾo/ [poˈʃe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈʒeɾo/ [poˈʒe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: po‧lle‧ro

Noun

pollero m (plural polleros, feminine pollera, feminine plural polleras)

1. one who raises and sells chickens for a living
2. (El Salvador, Mexico) smuggler of illegal immigrants

   Trabajar de pollero era legal en El Salvador a finales de los 70.

   To work as a coyote was legal in El Salvador during the late 70s.

   • 2014-07-13,, Óscar Martínez with reports from Jimmy Alvarado, "Los niños no se van: se los llevan", El Faro, newspaper, URL:http://www.elfaro.net/es/201407/noticias/15683/ link, accessed 2014-07-18

     Es un coyote, un pollero, que ha visto los diferentes tiempos de la migración [...]

     He is a coyote, a smuggler of illegal immigrants, who has seen different epochs of migration [...]

   Synonym: coyote

Noun

pollero m (plural polleros)

1. chicken coop; place where chickens are raised

   Synonym: gallinero

Related terms

• pollera
• pollo

 

Further reading

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