gallina

∗ ≈

hen

∗ noun

gallina
feminine noun
1hen
  • cría gallinas -> he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)
  • la gallina ciega (informal) -> blind man's buff
  • matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) -> to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
masculine or feminine noun
2chicken, coward (informal) (persona)

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gallina [gal-lyee’-nah]
noun
1Hen, a domestic fowl. (f)
  • Gallina de agua -> coot
  • Gallina clueca -> broody hen
2Coward, a chicken-hearted fellow. (Metaphorical) (f)
  • Eres un gallina -> you’re chicken, you’re yellow
3In some universities, second orator or student destined to deliver the eulogium at graduating. (f)
  • Gallina ciega -> blind-man's-buff, or hoodman’s blind: a play among children
  • Gallina de río -> V
In this sense used as masculine. GALLINETA.

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gallina
sustantivo:femenino
1 (ave) hen
acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early
cantar la gallina to own up; hold up one's hands
andar como gallina clueca (México) to be as pleased as Punch
estar como gallina en corral ajeno (estar incómodo) to be like a fish out of water; (no tener libertad) to have no freedom of movement
estar como gallina con huevos to be very distrustful
¡hasta que meen las gallinas! (familiar) pigs might fly!; (familiar)
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
las gallinas de arriba ensucian a las de abajo (Chile) the underdog always suffers
gallina ciega (Centroamérica) (Caribe) (gusano) white worm
jugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buff
gallina clueca broody brooding hen;o (EEUU)
gallina de agua coot
gallina de bantam bantam
gallina de Guinea guinea fowl
gallina de mar gurnard
gallina ponedora laying hen
2 (Culin) chicken
caldo de gallina chicken broth; gallina en pepitoria chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts
sustantivo:masculino_y_femenino
(familiar) (cobarde) chicken; (familiar) coward

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