ala de pollo
/ala de poʝo/from spelling rules
The English phrase "chicken wing" is translated into Spanish as ala de pollo.
ala de pollo refers to the cooked wing of a chicken.
Meaning: cooked wing of a chicken (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
/ala de poʝo/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, alas de pollo are frequently served with patacones, which are double-fried green plantain slices.
- In a culinary context, pollo refers specifically to the chicken meat, whereas gallina is often used for the older hen, which is traditionally used for soups.
- While ala de pollo is grammatically correct, a restaurant menu will almost always use the diminutive alitas de pollo to describe this dish.
Examples in context
- Vamos a hacer alitas de pollo al hornoWe are going to make oven-baked chicken wings
- Quiero una ala de pollo frita.I want a fried chicken wing.
- Cada ala de pollo tiene mucha salsa.Each chicken wing has a lot of sauce.
- Ella pidió una ala de pollo picante.She ordered a spicy chicken wing.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are ordering food at a restaurant.
- Alejandro¿Qué quieres comer hoy, Sofía?What do you want to eat today, Sofía?
- SofíaTengo ganas de comer una ala de pollo.I feel like eating a chicken wing.
- AlejandroYo también, pidamos una ración.Me too, let's order a portion.
- SofíaPerfecto, Alejandro, pidamos las picantes.Perfect, Alejandro, let's order the spicy ones.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
