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The Portuguese word for chicken is
galinha





chicken

Gender

The gender of galinha is feminine. E.g. a galinha.

Portuguese Definition


chicken
     1. Substantivo. frango, galinha



Translations for chicken and their definitions

frango
     1. n-m. a young chicken
     2. n-m. (culinary) chicken meat
           De carne ou de frango? - Beef or chicken?
     3. n-m. (figuratively, colloquial) a young boy
     4. n-m. (association football) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper
     5. n-m.          (Brazil) the goalkeeper who makes this mistake


galinha
     1. n-f. hen
     2. n-f. chicken (meat)
     3. n-f. (Brazil, slang) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single
     4. adj. (Brazil, of a woman) who is virtually always seen with a partner


covarde
     1. adj. Alternative form of cobarde
     2. adj. cowardly
     3. n. Alternative form of cobarde
     4. n. coward


cobarde
     1. adj. Alternative form of covarde
     2. adj. cowardly
     3. n. Alternative form of covarde
     4. n. coward


bundão
     1. n-m. (irregular) augmentative of bunda
     2. n-m. (colloquial) chicken; coward; wuss
     3. adj. (colloquial of a person) cowardly
     4. adj. (colloquial of a person) stupid, dumb


cagão
     1. adj. (vulgar, derogatory, of a person) who defecates excessively
     2. adj. (vulgar, derogatory, of a person) who lacks courage; chicken; coward; pussy
     3. n-m. (vulgar) excrement, shit
     4. n-m. (vulgar) coward


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