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gallo

rooster

noun GAH-yoh Rare
Animals & Nature Farm Animals

Also means

cock

Usage Note

Gallo is the male chicken (rooster). The female is gallina (hen), a word also used colloquially to call someone a coward (ser una gallina). The expression en menos que canta un gallo (in less time than a rooster crows) means 'in no time at all.' In music, dar un gallo means to hit a wrong or cracking note, equivalent to a voice 'cracking.'

Examples

"El gallo canta al amanecer cada mañana."

Natural Translation

The rooster crows at dawn every morning.

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