gallineta

Spanish

Etymology

From gallina +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈneta/ [ɡa.ʝiˈne.t̪a]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎiˈneta/ [ɡa.ʎiˈne.t̪a]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈneta/ [ɡa.ʃiˈne.t̪a]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈneta/ [ɡa.ʒiˈne.t̪a]

Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ne‧ta

Noun

gallineta f (plural gallinetas)

any of a number of species of bird, including some coots, moorhens, rails, crakes

Further reading

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

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