galinha

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) hen
2. (feminine) chicken (meat)
3. (Brazil, derogatory, feminine, slang) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single

Adj

who is virtually always seen with a partner

Concepts

chicken

🐔

hen

🐔

rooster

🐓

poultry

hens

fowl

broiler

cock

cockerel

domestic fowl

pig

🐖

promiscuous

sluttish

streetwalker

tramp

pavement princess

poulet

volaille

higgler

Gallus gallus

chook

rooster 雌鶏 hen

alley cat

ass

🍑

baby

👶

biddy

billet-doux

Synonyms

frango

galo

🐓

ave doméstica

galináceo

aves de capoeira

aves domésticas

carne de ave

piranha

garota-de-programa

biscate

mulher de esquina

vadia

puta

vaca

🐮

Galloanserae

Translations

poule

🐔

kip

🐔

Huhn

🐔

gallina

🐔

hen

gallina

🐔

pollo

🐔

gallina

🐔

pollo

🐔

κότα

tavuk

🐔

galina

poulet

🐔

κοτόπουλο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: gallīna

Cognate with Galician: galiña

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). By surface analysis, galo + -inha.
Compare Galician galiña.

Sentences

O verão de galinha não dura muito tempo .

Chicken summer doesn't last long.

Galinha velha faz um bom caldo .

Old chicken makes a good broth.