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pollera

pollera noun: a Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.

Noun

pollera (plural polleras)

  1. A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.

Forms of pollera

pluralpolleras

Origin of pollera

American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Questions about pollera

What does pollera mean?
Pollera means a Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
What part of speech is pollera?
Pollera is a noun.
What is the plural of pollera?
The plural of pollera is polleras.

Words near pollera in the dictionary

  1. pollenproof
  2. pollens
  3. pollent
  4. polleny
  5. poller
  6. pollera
  7. polleras
  8. pollercoaster
  9. pollercoasters
  10. pollers
  11. Pollestres

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