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Italian word

pollo

chicken

Looks like

pollo / polo

polo is a sport played on horseback; a polo shirt is a type of collared shirt

⚠️ The trap

'Pollo' sounds like 'polo' (the sport or shirt). They are unrelated. In Latin American Spanish 'pollo' also means chicken — so this word is shared between Italian and Spanish. In Italian restaurants, 'pollo' is almost always listed under 'secondi'.

To say "polo is a sport played on horseback; a polo shirt is a type of collared shirt" in Italian:

pollo (chicken)

"pollo" in English means:

chicken

Example

"Il pollo alla cacciatora è un piatto rustico."

"Hunter's chicken is a rustic dish."

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