colar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō.

Verb

colar (first-person singular indicative present colo, past participle coláu)

  1. (transitive) to leave, go away, depart
  2. to sift
  3. to strain
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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō (compare Occitan colar, French couler, Spanish colar).

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, past participle colat)

  1. to sift, to filter
  2. to strain
  3. (reflexive, colar-se) to crash (a party)

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊˈlaɾ/

Noun

colar m (plural colares)

  1. necklace

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Latin

Verb

colar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of colō

Portuguese

colar

Etymology 1

From Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlaʁ/ [koˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈlaʁ/ [koˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlaɻ/

  • Hyphenation: co‧lar

Noun

colar m (plural colares)

  1. necklace, chain
  2. (clothing) collar

Etymology 2

From cola.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈla(ʁ)/ [koˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈla(ʁ)/ [koˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈla(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: co‧lar

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)

  1. to glue (to join with glue)
  2. to affix, to attach, to tie together
  3. to invest (to receive a priest's collar)
  4. to settle a bill
  5. (Brazil, slang) to approach, to get closer to (someone or somewhere)
  6. (Brazil, slang) to use a copy of content to help to complete a school or university test, often illegally
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Back-formation from colação.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈla(ʁ)/ [koˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koˈla(ʁ)/ [koˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈla(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: co‧lar

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)

  1. (Brazil, usually as colar grau) to receive one’s university diploma, especially in a ceremonial manner
  2. (Brazil, transitive) to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)
    Synonym: investir
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References

colar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlaɾ/ [koˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧lar

Etymology 1

From Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō whence English coulee and colander.

Verb

colar (first-person singular present cuelo, first-person singular preterite colé, past participle colado)

  1. to sift, to strain
  2. (Dominican Republic) to prepare coffee
  3. (colloquial) to dupe, hoodwink
  4. (colloquial) to missay, say wrongly
  5. (reflexive, colloquial) to fall for, fall in love
  6. (reflexive, colloquial) to sneak in, to crash
    • 2019 July 7, Nando Cruz, “Perreando contra Blackstone”, in El Periódico:
      Por los altavoces suena 'Million dollar baby', de Cecilio G, el primer trapero que apoyó esta lucha. "A los 15 años me colaba en Razzmatazz / A los 16 me colé en el Sónar / Ahora el Sónar me paga por cantar", canturrea el público con visible entusiasmo.
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    • 2021 March 25, Manuel Ansede, “El mayor estudio hasta la fecha confirma la “singularidad genética” de los vascos”, in El País:
      El antropólogo francés Paul Broca se coló una noche de 1862 en el cementerio de Zarautz para robar cráneos con los que estudiar las presuntas peculiaridades de lo que entonces se consideraba una raza primitiva.
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Etymology 2

A back-formation from Latin collātus, past participle of cōnferō (to confer).

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colé, past participle colado)

  1. (Christianity) to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)
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