pollero
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /poˈʎeɾo/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /poˈɟ͡ʝeɾo/, [poˈʝeɾo]
Noun
pollero m (plural polleros)
- one who raises and sells chickens for a living
- (El Salvador) coyote (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
- chicken coop; place where chickens are raised
- Synonym: gallinero
Related terms
Further reading
- “pollero” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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