gallinita

Spanish

Etymology

From gallina +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʝiˈni.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʝiˈni.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʎiˈni.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʃiˈni.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʒiˈni.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ni‧ta

Noun

gallinita f (plural gallinitas)

1. Diminutive of gallina

   Antonym: gallinita ciega

Further reading

• “gallinita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014