il pollo
Parola del giorno
Today’s Parola del giorno is the noun il pollo, which means chicken.
You might see this noun in the expression fare la figura del pollo, which means to look like an idiot or a fool.
Quando sono arrivato alla festa, Antonio aveva chiaramente bevuto troppo. Cercava di raccontare una barzelletta, ma scoppiava a ridere prima ancora di arrivare alla fine. Davanti a tutti, ha fatto proprio la figura del pollo.
When I got to the party, Antonio had clearly had too much to drink. He was trying to tell a joke, but he kept bursting out laughing before he even got to the end. In front of everyone, he really looked like a fool.
Other words in the chicken family:
la gallina hen
il gallo rooster
il pulcino baby chicken
il pollastro young chicken
il pollaio chicken coop