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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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