What does gallina in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word gallina in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use gallina in Spanish.

The word gallina in Spanish means chicken, chicken, rooster, cock, false note, tough guy, john dory, serenade, granulated tobacco, gooseflesh, blind man's buff, Guineafowl, the goose that laid the golden eggs, dwarf chicken, dwarf hen, goosebumps. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word gallina

chicken

nombre común en cuanto al género (peyorativo, coloquial (persona cobarde) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Eres un gallina: no te atreves a saltarte las normas.
You're a chicken and don't have the guts to break the rules.

chicken

adjetivo de una sola terminación (peyorativo, coloquial (cobarde, temeroso) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No seas gallina y salta al río: no es verdad que te va a comer un cocodrilo.
Don't be a chicken and jump into the river: it's not true that you're going to be eaten by a crocodile.

rooster, cock

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (ave doméstica) (male)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En el gallinero hay un gallo y trece gallinas. Los pollitos acostumbran seguir a la gallina, no al gallo.
In the hen house there is one rooster and thirteen hens.

false note

nombre masculino (nota falsa al cantar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Al tenor se le escapó un gallo tremendo durante el aria.
The tenor let slip a false note during the aria.

tough guy

nombre masculino (presumir de hombría) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Va por ahí haciéndose el gallo y no es más que un cobarde.
He goes around making himself out to be a tough guy and he's just a coward.

john dory

nombre masculino (pez: Lepidorhombus boscii)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Compré un gallo para cenar.
I bought a john dory for dinner.

serenade

nombre masculino (MX (serenata)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El novio encargó un gallo para que le cantaran a la novia desde la calle.
The boyfriend arranged for a serenade to be sung to his girlfriend from the street.

granulated tobacco

nombre masculino (ES (tabaco granulado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi abuelo fumaba caldo de gallina liado en papel de fumar.
My grandfather smoked granulated tobacco rolled in smoking paper.

gooseflesh

locución nominal femenina (vellos erizados)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se me puso la carne de gallina cuando la escuché cantar.
I got gooseflesh when I listened to her sing.

blind man's buff

nombre femenino (juego infantil) (children's game)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ahora te vendaremos los ojos para jugar a la gallina ciega.
Now we'll blindfold ourselves to play blind man's buff.

Guineafowl

nombre femenino (ave galliforme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¿Has comido gallina de Guinea?

the goose that laid the golden eggs

locución nominal femenina (fuente de riqueza)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
La fábrica de zapatos del abuelo resultó ser una gallina de los huevos de oro que ha producido dinero por años.
Grandfather's shoe factory turned out to be the goose that laid the golden eggs and has been a money spinner for years.

dwarf chicken, dwarf hen

nombre femenino (CR (enana)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

goosebumps

nombre femenino (frío en la piel) (colloquial)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Sal del agua ya que tienes la piel de gallina.
Get out of the water; you've got goosebumps.

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