gallinita
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʝiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʝiˈni.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʎiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʎiˈni.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʃiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʃiˈni.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʒiˈnita/ [ɡa.ʒiˈni.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ni‧ta
Noun
gallinita f (plural gallinitas)
- diminutive of gallina
- Antonym: gallinita ciega
Further reading
- “gallinita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025