chicken - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

chicken [coll.] [fig.]  adj.	gallina [coll.]
chicken-hearted  adj. (Amer.) [sl.]	pacato, pacata
chicken-hearted  adj. (Amer.) [sl.]	timorato, timorata
chicken-livered  adj. (Amer.) [sl.]	pacato, pacata
chicken-livered  adj. (Amer.) [sl.]	timorato, timorata

Nouns

chicken [COOK.][ZOOL.]	el pollo
chicken [ZOOL.]	la gallina
chicken [coll.] [fig.]   - coward	el cobarde | la cobarde
chicken [coll.] [fig.]   - coward	el gallina | la gallina [fig.]   - cobarde
prairie-chicken [ZOOL.]	gallo de las praderas   Lat.: Tympanuchus cupido   [Ornithology]
chickenpox   or: chicken pox [MED.]	la varicela
chicken wings [COOK.]	alitas de pollo
chicken farm	granja avícola
chicken feed   or: chickenfeed	alimento para gallinas
chicken ladder	escalera del gallinero
chicken feed   or: chickenfeed, chicken-feed [fig.]	la menudencia
chicken breast [COOK.]	pechuga de pollo
chicken broth [COOK.]	caldo de gallina
chicken broth [COOK.]	caldo de pollo

Phrases / Collocations

to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	achicarse
to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	amilanarse
to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	ser un gallina
to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	acojonarse [vulg.]
to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	rajarse [coll.]
to chicken out (of sth.) [coll.]	acobardarse
like a headless chicken [fig.]	como pollo sin cabeza [fig.]
no spring chicken [fig.]	viejo, vieja  adj.   - persona
to count one's chickens (before they hatch) [fig.]	cantar victoria [fig.]
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.	Nadie se alabe hasta que acabe.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.	No cantes victoria antes de llegar a la meta.
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.	No cantes victoria antes de tiempo.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.	Nadie se alabe hasta que acabe.
to go to bed with the chickens [fig.]	acostarse con las gallinas [coll.] [fig.]
to go to bed with the chickens [fig.]	acostarse muy temprano [coll.] [fig.]

Examples

In this restaurant I had the best chicken curry I have ever tasted.	En este restaurante tomé el mejor pollo al curry que he probado nunca.
We plan to roast the chicken for dinner tonight.	Planeamos asar el pollo para la cena esta noche.
The chickens in our farmyard lay eggs every day.	Las gallinas de nuestro corral ponen huevos todos los días.

Orthographically similar words

thicken

Related search terms

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