cólera de las gallinas

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈʝinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈʝi.nas]

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈʝinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈʝi.nas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈʎinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈʎi.nas] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈʃinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈʃi.nas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈʒinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈʒi.nas] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkoleɾa de las ɡaˈinas/ [ˌko.le.ɾa ð̞e laz ɣ̞aˈi.nas] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: có‧le‧ra de las ga‧lli‧nas

Noun

cólera de las gallinas m (uncountable)

1. fowl cholera

Further reading

• “cólera de las gallinas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025