"gallito" meaning in Spanish

See gallito in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡaˈʝito/, [ɡaˈʝi.t̪o], /ɡaˈʝito/ (note: most of Spain and Latin America), [ɡaˈʝi.t̪o] (note: most of Spain and Latin America), /ɡaˈʎito/ (note: rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), [ɡaˈʎi.t̪o] (note: rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), /ɡaˈʃito/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [ɡaˈʃi.t̪o] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /ɡaˈʒito/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [ɡaˈʒi.t̪o] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Forms: gallitos [plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: From gallo + -ito. Etymology templates: {{af|es|gallo|-ito}} gallo + -ito Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} gallito m (plural gallitos)
  1. diminutive of gallo, cockerel, little cock Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: gallo, cockerel, little cock
    Sense id: en-gallito-es-noun-E2PhTdpy
  2. (Venezuela, chiefly in the plural) popcorn Tags: Venezuela, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-gallito-es-noun-Ck7yU-P- Categories (other): Venezuelan Spanish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito, Birds, Legumes, Poultry Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 28 27 2 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 24 1 29 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 7 93 Disambiguation of Birds: 7 93 Disambiguation of Legumes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Poultry: 10 90 Synonyms: cabrita [Chile], cancha [Peru], canchita [Peru], canguil [Ecuador], cocaleca [Dominican-Republic], cotufa [Canary-Islands, Venezuela], crispeta [Colombia], esquite [Mexico, Northwestern], gallito [Northwestern, Venezuela], maíz pira [Colombia], millo [Panama], palomita (de maíz) [Colombia, Costa-Rica, Dominican-Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain], pipoca [Bolivia], pochoclo [Argentina], pop [Uruguay], popcorn [Panama, Puerto-Rico], pororó [Argentina, Bolivia, Eastern, Northern, Paraguay, Uruguay, Western], poporopo [Guatemala], pururú [Argentina, Central, Northern], rosca [Canary-Islands], roseta (de maíz) [El-Salvador, Puerto-Rico, Southern-Spain], rosita (de maíz) [Cuba], tostón [Southeastern, Spain]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From gallo + -ito.",
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          "gallo",
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        ]
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "cancha"
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            "Peru"
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          "word": "canchita"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Ecuador"
          ],
          "word": "canguil"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Dominican-Republic"
          ],
          "word": "cocaleca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands",
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "cotufa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "crispeta"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "Northwestern"
          ],
          "word": "esquite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Northwestern",
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "gallito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "maíz pira"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Panama"
          ],
          "word": "millo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Dominican-Republic",
            "Honduras",
            "Mexico",
            "Nicaragua",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "palomita (de maíz)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia"
          ],
          "word": "pipoca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina"
          ],
          "word": "pochoclo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "pop"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Panama",
            "Puerto-Rico"
          ],
          "word": "popcorn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Bolivia",
            "Eastern",
            "Northern",
            "Paraguay",
            "Uruguay",
            "Western"
          ],
          "word": "pororó"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala"
          ],
          "word": "poporopo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Central",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "pururú"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands"
          ],
          "word": "rosca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "Puerto-Rico",
            "Southern-Spain"
          ],
          "word": "roseta (de maíz)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Cuba"
          ],
          "word": "rosita (de maíz)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Southeastern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "tostón"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʝito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʝito/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʎito/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʎi.t̪o]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʃito/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʃi.t̪o]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʒito/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʒi.t̪o]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gallito"
}
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
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    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "es:Legumes",
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      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "cancha"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "canchita"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Ecuador"
          ],
          "word": "canguil"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Dominican-Republic"
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          "word": "cocaleca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands",
            "Venezuela"
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          "word": "cotufa"
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "crispeta"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico",
            "Northwestern"
          ],
          "word": "esquite"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Northwestern",
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "gallito"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "maíz pira"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Panama"
          ],
          "word": "millo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Costa-Rica",
            "Dominican-Republic",
            "Honduras",
            "Mexico",
            "Nicaragua",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "palomita (de maíz)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia"
          ],
          "word": "pipoca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina"
          ],
          "word": "pochoclo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "pop"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Panama",
            "Puerto-Rico"
          ],
          "word": "popcorn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Bolivia",
            "Eastern",
            "Northern",
            "Paraguay",
            "Uruguay",
            "Western"
          ],
          "word": "pororó"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala"
          ],
          "word": "poporopo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Central",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "pururú"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands"
          ],
          "word": "rosca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "El-Salvador",
            "Puerto-Rico",
            "Southern-Spain"
          ],
          "word": "roseta (de maíz)"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Cuba"
          ],
          "word": "rosita (de maíz)"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:palomita",
          "tags": [
            "Southeastern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "tostón"
        }
      ],
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        "Venezuela",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʝito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʝito/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʎito/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʎi.t̪o]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʃito/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʃi.t̪o]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈʒito/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈʒi.t̪o]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gallito"
}

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