pollada
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈʝada/ [poˈʝa.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /poˈʎada/ [poˈʎa.ð̞a] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, 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
Etymology 1
Noun
pollada f (plural polladas)
- brood
- 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[1]:
- 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)
Etymology 2
Noun
pollada f (plural polladas)
- (Spain, vulgar) stupid thing
- Synonym: gilipollez
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