gallinejas

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaʝiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʝiˈne.xas]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʎiˈne.xas]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʃiˈne.xas]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒiˈnexas/ [ɡa.ʒiˈne.xas]

Rhymes: -exas
Syllabification: ga‧lli‧ne‧jas

Noun

gallinejas f pl (plural only)

chitterlings
- 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:
  Era la vecina del bohardillón, llamada comúnmente la gallinejera, por tener puesto de gallineja y fritanga en la esquina de la Arganzuela.
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Derived terms

gallinejero

Further reading

“gallinejas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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