chickens in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for chickens in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.chicken [Am ˈtʃɪkən, Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn] N

II.chicken [Am ˈtʃɪkən, Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn] ADJ inf, child language pred

See also roost

I.roost [Am rust, Brit ruːst] N

II.roost [Am rust, Brit ruːst] VB intr

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chicken-hearted [Am ˌtʃɪkənˈhɑrdəd], chicken-livered [-ˈlɪvərd, -ˈlɪvəd] ADJ

chicken out VB [Am ˈtʃɪkən -, Brit ˈtʃɪkɪn -] (v + adv (+ prep + o)) inf

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chickens in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for chickens in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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chickens Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

fried/roasted chicken
pollo frito/asado
grilled chicken
pollo a la brasa
it's a chicken and egg situation
es como lo del huevo y la gallina
to not be a (spring) chicken
ya no ser ningún crío
to pluck a chicken
desplumar un pollo
chicken curry
pollo m al curry
to serve the chicken with rice and vegetables
acompañar el pollo con arroz y verduras
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
eso es como el cuento de la lechera
shop that sells roast chicken, beef and other dishes
rotisería
shop that sells roast chicken, beef and other dishes
rosticería
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After the chickens were artificially inseminated, a gene responsible for breaking down those lipids became 2.5 times more active.
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Actual whole prey are used whenever possible, including whole rabbits, chickens, game hens and turkeys.
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The farm's organic free-range chickens live in a multi-use field system with strips of hedge habitat, rows of herbs and open pasture.
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Ducks, while capable of catching and transmitting the avian flu virus through contact with chickens, seldom sicken and die from the exposure.
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The chickens were cared for by the pullarius, who opened their cage and fed them pulses or a special kind of soft cake when an augury was needed.
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When male turkeys inseminated female chickens, no hybrids resulted although the unfertilised chicken eggs began to divide.
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The college operates a hatchery which provides day old chickens for the local markets, abattoir and market gardens.
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A bunch of chickens, imprisoned and fully under control with no freedom whatsoever.
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In chickens, androgen helps develop cockscomb, wattle, skeletal muscles and reproductive organs as well as male behaviors such as courtship and singing patterns.
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Chickens may be raised in very low light intensities, sometimes total darkness, to reduce injurious pecking.
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