The Portuguese word for chicken is
galinha
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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