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grillo

cricket

noun GREE-yoh Rare

Usage Note

Grillo refers to the chirping insect. In the plural, grillos also means 'shackles' or 'fetters', completely unrelated to the insect. The idiom olla de grillos ('pot of crickets') describes a chaotic, noisy, disorderly situation in which everyone talks at once.

Examples

"El grillo cantaba en el jardín oscuro."

Natural Translation

The cricket chirped in the dark garden.

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