🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pollo frito

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈpo.ʝo ˈfɾi.to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fried Poultry/fraɪd ˈpoʊl.tri/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El restaurante es famoso por su pollo frito."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Poultry that has been cooked by frying, typically resulting in a crispy exterior.

    "The restaurant is famous for its fried poultry, served with a side of coleslaw."
  2. 2

    A dish made from various types of birds, such as chicken or turkey, that are deep-fried.

    "At the fair, you can find fried poultry served with a variety of dipping sauces."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'fried poultry' combines the past participle 'fried', derived from Old English 'frēon', meaning to cook in fat, and 'poultry', which comes from the Latin 'pullus', meaning young animal or chicken. The phrase has evolved to refer specifically to birds raised for food, particularly chickens and turkeys, that are cooked by frying.

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