The chicks are beetles.
Pololo is a concept with different meanings. The term can be used in reference to certain types of pants that are generally worn by young children.
A bloomer, in this sense, can be shorts and baggy pants worn by a boy, or a garment used by girls for physical activity . In certain women's clothing, on the other hand, bloomers were the pants that were worn under the skirt and petticoat .
The chick as an insect
Pololo is also the name that, in the Chilean nation, certain insects that belong to the order of Coleoptera are given. The common chickadee is the insect with the scientific name Astylus trifasciatus . This animal , with a spotted appearance, is a pollinating agent.
The Hylamorpha elegans , for its part, is the green bloomer . As its name indicates, this insect is greenish in color. Typically, the green chick is a little larger than the common chick.
In Chile, the suitor or boyfriend is referred to as a boyfriend.
The term as boyfriend or suitor
In Chile , the word pololo is used to name the groom or suitor . For example: “Tonight I'm going to invite Gary, my boyfriend, to dinner,” “We've been boyfriends for four months and we're very good together,” “On the news they said that the person who murdered the girl was her boyfriend.”
It should be noted that in this South American country the verb pololear is also used. This action consists of establishing a formal romantic bond with another person or developing a kind treatment with the intention of obtaining something. What pololos do, in short, is pololear.
Although this meaning corresponds, to a certain extent, to the meaning of the word boyfriend in many Spanish-speaking countries, it presents certain nuances that point to a relationship without much future ; In everyday speech, there are those who say that the boyfriend is the boy with whom a young woman is not going to marry. The origin of this particular term is very interesting.
Origin of the idea of pololo
Initially, the word pololo referred to the man who wanted a woman, who fluttered around her like a pololo, the insect described above, although perhaps they never achieved their goals.
In 1875, a book titled "Chilenismos" was published, in which it was explained that the boyfriend did not usually have the means to offer the woman of his dreams a solid and stable future on an economic level, although sometimes he did not have the means to offer the woman of his dreams a solid and economically stable future either. enough will to get the relationship to that point.
An actor and a footballer
Ray Pololo , whose real name was Manuel Santamaría , was a Spanish actor who lived between 1933 and 2004 . During his time in cinema he achieved a certain notoriety thanks to the risk scenes he starred in; Among the actors and actresses with whom he shared the screen are Charlton Heston , Kirk Douglas , Sofía Loren and Samuel Bronston , as well as other internationally famous personalities. After many years of working as a stuntman, he obtained roles in which he finally showed his face, in the films "The Day of the Beast" and "Acción mutant" , both by director Álex de la Iglesia.
In 1901 , on the other hand, a Spanish footballer known simply as Pololo was born in Asturias : Miguel Durán Terry . In his adolescence he joined Atlético de Madrid , where he played the role of captain. His career spanned forty games over eight seasons, and he became regional champion twice. Contrary to what most current players usually do, he combined his work as a soccer player with his participation in the family business, for which he studied a university degree. At the age of 33, Pololo was assassinated at the time of the Asturian Revolution .