🇬🇧🇪🇸 chicken - pollo : English Lesson

Meaning of "chicken" ("pollo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A chicken is a farm bird with feathers, a beak, and two legs. It lays eggs, makes a clucking sound, and sometimes flaps its wings, even though it can’t fly very far. Some people also use the word “chicken” to describe someone who is scared or nervous.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My grandpa says he had a pet chicken as a kid—I think that’s why he wakes up so early.

Our chicken escaped the coop, and now it thinks it owns the backyard.

The chicken crossed the road, but I still don’t know why.

I told my pet chicken a joke, and it just blinked at me—tough crowd.

My cousin tried to hug a chicken… the chicken was not a fan of this idea.

A small chicken walks in the farm yard. The chicken pecks the ground and lays a warm egg. The chicken stops, then runs round and round and looks lost. Another chicken watches. A boy laughs and puts the egg in a safe box. The chicken sits quiet and eats food. All are happy.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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