chicken

chicken
' ikin
noun
1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.)
2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.)
3) ((slang.) a coward.)
•
- chicken-pox
- chicken out
chicken n
1. gallina
they have chickens in their yard tienen gallinas en el patio
2. pollo
we had roast chicken for lunch comimos pollo asado
chicken
tr['ʧɪkɪn]
noun
1 (hen) gallina; (food) pollo
2 familiar (coward) gallina nombre masulino o femenino
adjective
1 familiar gallina
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be no (spring) chicken no ser ninguna niña
chicken feed una miseria
chicken stock caldo de gallina
chicken wire alambrera
chicken ['ʧɪkən] n
1) fowl: pollo m
2) coward: cobarde mf
chicken
n.
• gallina s.f.
• pollo s.m.

I 'tʃɪkən, 'tʃɪkɪn
noun
a) c (hen) gallina f; (as generic term) pollo m

to play chicken — jugar* a ver quién es más gallito

don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) — no cantes victoria antes de tiempo

she's no (spring) chicken — no es ninguna niña or nena; roost II

b) u (Culin) pollo m; (hen) gallina f
Phrasal Verbs:

II
adjective (colloq) (pred) gallina (fam)
['tʃɪkɪn]
1.
N (=hen) gallina f; (=cock) pollo m; (as food) pollo; (=coward) * gallina mf

roast chicken — pollo m asado

- be chicken
- play chicken
spring 4.
2.
CPD

chicken breast N — pechuga f de pollo

chicken drumstick N — muslo m de pollo

chicken farmer N — avicultor(a) m / f

chicken farming N — avicultura f

chicken feed N — (lit) pienso m para gallinas

it's chicken feed to him — para él es una bagatela

chicken liver N — hígado m de pollo

chicken nuggets NPL — nuggets mpl de pollo

chicken run N — corral m

chicken wing N — alita f de pollo

chicken wire N — tela f metálica, alambrada f

- chicken out
* * *

I ['tʃɪkən, 'tʃɪkɪn]
noun
a) c (hen) gallina f; (as generic term) pollo m

to play chicken — jugar* a ver quién es más gallito

don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) — no cantes victoria antes de tiempo

she's no (spring) chicken — no es ninguna niña or nena; roost II

b) u (Culin) pollo m; (hen) gallina f
Phrasal Verbs:

II
adjective (colloq) (pred) gallina (fam)

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