pimpollo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *poi-?

Proto-Italic *pīnos

Latin pīnus

Spanish pino

Spanish pollo

Spanish pimpollo

From pino (“pine”) + pollo (“chicken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʝo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʎo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʃo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpoʒo/ [pĩmˈpo.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /pimˈpojo/ [pĩmˈpo.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -oʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ojo (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: pim‧po‧llo

Noun

pimpollo m (plural pimpollos)

1. (agriculture) a seedling
2. (forestry) a pine tree sapling
3. (forestry) a young tree
4. (botany) a new stem either soft or wooden
5. (botany) a nearly blossomed rose flower
6. a very handsome, gallant, and graceful boy or young man

Derived terms

• pimpolla
• pimpollito, pimpollita
• pimpollo común
• pimpollo de oro
• pimpollo tobiano

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pimpolho

Further reading

• “pimpollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026