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pollo
[ paw-yaw, -lyaw ]
noun
- Slang. (in Mexico) a laborer who pays to be smuggled or guided over the border into the U.S. illegally.
Example Sentences
Felipe Arturo Avalos-Mejia, known as Pollo, allegedly used scouts to help him select which trains to target, supplied vehicles for and paid burglary crews and facilitated the sale of stolen merchandise, according to a complaint filed in the Phoenix federal court.
I make arroz con pollo and cry because it tastes like my childhood and reminds me of my grandma.
A nod to cultural diversity appeared in the birria bowl and arroz con pollo.
At Costa Mesa-based El Pollo Loco, labor and related costs fell last year by $3.5 million, or 2.7%, despite an increase of $4.1 million that the company attributed to higher minimum wages enacted in the past as well as “competitive pressure†— in other words, the necessity of paying more to attract employees in a tight labor market.
“We just didn’t want to force our customers to use technology. We thought the personal contact was important,†said Mendelsohn, who has six El Pollo Loco restaurants in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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