pollo al curry
/poʝo al kuri/from spelling rules
The English phrase "curry chicken" is translated into Spanish as pollo al curry.
pollo al curry refers to a dish consisting of chicken cooked in a curry sauce. You may also use the variation pollo con curry to describe the same dish.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase pollo al curry literally translates to "chicken in the style of curry".
Which one should you use?
For more specific or formal descriptions, you might use pollo con salsa de curry to say "curry chicken" or pollo en salsa de curry to mean "chicken in curry sauce".
How does it change in a sentence?
When you are referring to the specific dish as a noun phrase, you can add the definite article el to the beginning to get el pollo al curry.
Did you know?
- If you were to order pollo al curry in a traditional Spanish village, the chef might be confused, as the spice blend is not a native part of Spanish culinary history.
- The word pollo shares an ancient ancestor with any 'animal young' from the Latin pullus. This means that, historically, the word described the age of the creature rather than its specific species.
- Using the preposition al in pollo al curry mirrors the structure of traditional Spanish recipes like pollo al ajillo (garlic chicken).
Examples in context
- Hola, me gustaría pedir el pollo al curry, por favorHello, I would like to order the curry chicken, please
- ¿Vamos a preparar pollo con curry para la cena?Shall we make curry chicken for dinner?
- Me encanta el pollo al curry.I love curry chicken.
- Hoy vamos a cocinar pollo al curry.Today we are going to cook curry chicken.
- ¿Prefieres pollo al curry o paella?Do you prefer curry chicken or paella?
Example conversation
Javier and María are deciding what to eat for dinner.
- Javier¿Qué quieres cenar, María?What do you want to eat for dinner, María?
- MaríaTengo antojo de pollo al curry.I am craving curry chicken.
- Javier¡Qué buena idea!That is a great idea!
- MaríaEntonces, yo preparo el pollo al curry.Then, I will prepare the curry chicken.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries curry, pollo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
