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chicken

noun uk /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ us /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/

BIRD

Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ C or U ] a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked and eaten gallina A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen. Un pollo macho se llama gallo y una hembra se llama gallina. We're having roast/fried chicken for dinner. Vamos a cenar pollo asado/frito.

• Defrost the chicken thoroughly before cooking.
• "The dinner was excellent except that they served red wine with the chicken." "Dear me! That will never do!"
• Fry four chicken joints in a pan with some mushrooms and garlic.
• I'll have a steak - no, make that chicken.
• Marinate the chicken in white wine for a couple of hours before frying.

PERSON

[ C ] informal a person who is not brave cobarde, gallina Jump, you chicken! ¡Salta, gallina!

chicken

adjective [ after verb ]   child's word uk /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ us /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ not brave cobarde Why won't you jump? Are you chicken? ¿Por qué no saltas? ¿Eres gallina? Synonyms cowardly craven formal fainthearted lily-livered literary pusillanimous formal timid timorous literary yellow (NOT BRAVE) informal

(Translation of chicken from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of chicken | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

chicken noun [ countable-uncountable ] /ˈtʃɪkən/ a common farm bird, or its meat pollo [ masculine ] to keep chickens in the yard mantener a los pollos en el patio chicken stew estofado de pollo

(Translation of chicken from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

chicken adjective /ˈtʃɪkən/ informal not brave gallina [ masculine-feminine ] You won’t jump ’cause you’re chicken! ¡No saltarás porque eres un gallina! Synonym cowardly

(Translation of chicken from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

chicken verb [ phrasal ] /ˈtʃɪkən/ informal  chicken out to decide not to do sth because of fear acobardarse I chickened out at the last minute. Me acobardé en el último minuto.

(Translation of chicken from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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in Chinese (Traditional) 禽, 雞, 雞肉… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 禽, 鸡, 鸡肉… See more in Portuguese frango, galinha [feminine], frango [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कोंबडी… See more ニワトリ, チキン, 鶏肉… See more tavuk, piliç, tavuk eti… See more poulet [masculine], trouillard/-arde, se dégonfler… See more gallina, pollastre… See more kip, bangerik, lafaard… See more ஒரு பண்ணையில் அதன் முட்டைகளுக்காகவோ அல்லது அதன் இறைச்சிக்காகவோ அல்லது சமைத்து உண்ணும் இந்தப் பறவையின் இறைச்சிக்காகவோ வளர்க்கப்படும் ஒரு வகைப் பறவை… See more मुर्गा या मुर्गे का माँस… See more મરઘી, મરઘો… See more kylling, høne, kujon… See more kyckling, ynkrygg, fegis… See more ayam, ayam goreng, pengecut… See more das Küken, das Huhn, ein Feigling… See more kylling [masculine], høne [masculine], feig… See more مرغ, مرغ کا گوشت… See more курча, куряче м'ясо, боягуз… See more కోడి… See more চিকেন, মুর্গি… See more kuře, kuře (kuřecí maso), zbabělec… See more ayam, daging ayam, pengecut… See more ลูกไก่, เนื้อไก่, ขี้ขลาด… See more gà con, gà, người nhát gan… See more kurczak, tchórz… See more 닭, 닭고기… See more pollo… See more Need a translator?

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