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"Res" is a form of "res", a noun which is often translated as "livestock". "Pollo" is a noun which is often translated as "chicken". Learn more about the difference between "pollo" and "res" below.
el pollo(
poh
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yoh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (animal)
2. (culinary)
3. (baby bird)
4. (colloquial) (large wad of phlegm) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. loogie (colloquial) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Estaba tan enfermo que estaba tosiendo pollos.He was so sick that he was coughing up loogies.
b. gob (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Lo viste? Acaba de escupir ese pollo en la calle.Did you see him? He just coughed up that gob on the street.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
5. (colloquial) (young person) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
a. young man (masculine)
Eso es un dispositivo muy elegante que tienes, pollo. ¿Qué es? - Es un teléfono.That's quite a fancy device you have, young man. What is it? - It's a phone.
b. young woman (feminine)
Las pollitas del barrio andan vestidas a la última.The young women in the area all dress in the latest fashions.
c. kid
¿Quieres ir al bar en la calle Hidalgo? - No, está lleno de pollos.Do you want to go to the bar on Hidalgo? - No, it's full of kids.
d. youngster
Mi abuelo me estaba preguntando qué hacen los pollos hoy en día para divertirse.My grandfather was asking me what youngsters like to do for fun these days.
6. (colloquial) (migrant) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. undocumented migrant
El coyote cobra miles de dólares por pasar un pollo al otro lado.The human smuggler charges thousands of dollars to get an undocumented migrant over the border.
la res(
rrehs
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (animal)
a. livestock (uncountable)
Criamos una variedad de reses aquí en nuestra granja.We raise a variety of livestock here on our farm.
b. beast
Vamos al bosque a cazar reses. A lo mejor consiga un jabalí.We're going to the woods to hunt some beasts. Maybe I'll get a boar.
2. (culinary) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
las reses
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. cattle
Los ganaderos locales traen a sus reses a pastar a este campo.Local ranchers bring their cattle to this field to graze.
