gallinita

Spanish

Etymology

From gallina +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

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)

Diminutive of gallina
Antonym: gallinita ciega

Further reading

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

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