colar
Asturian
Conjugation
infinitive | colar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | colando | ||||||
past participle | m coláu, f colada, n colao, m pl colaos, f pl colaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | colo | coles | cola | colamos | coláis | colen |
imperfect | colaba | colabes | colaba | colábemos, colábamos | colabeis, colabais | colaben | |
preterite | colé | colasti, colesti | coló | colemos | colastis, colestis | colaron | |
pluperfect | colare, colara | colares, colaras | colare, colara | coláremos, coláramos | colareis, colarais | colaren, colaran | |
future | colaré | colarás | colará | colaremos | colaréis | colarán | |
conditional | colaría | colaríes | colaría | colaríemos, colaríamos | colaríeis, colaríais | colaríen | |
subjunctive | present | cole | coles, colas | cole | colemos | coléis | colen, colan |
imperfect | colare, colara | colares, colaras | colare, colara | coláremos, coláramos | colareis, colarais | colaren, colaran | |
imperative | — | cola | — | — | colái | — |
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō (compare Occitan colar, French couler, Spanish colar).
Conjugation
infinitive | colar | ||||||
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present participle | colant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | colat | colada | |||||
plural | colats | colades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | colo | coles | cola | colem | coleu | colen | |
imperfect | colava | colaves | colava | colàvem | colàveu | colaven | |
future | colaré | colaràs | colarà | colarem | colareu | colaran | |
preterite | colí | colares | colà | colàrem | colàreu | colaren | |
conditional | colaria | colaries | colaria | colaríem | colaríeu | colarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | coli | colis | coli | colem | coleu | colin | |
imperfect | colés | colessis | colés | coléssim | coléssiu | colessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | cola | coli | colem | coleu | colin |
Further reading
- “colar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “colar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊˈlaɾ/
Latin
Portuguese

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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: co‧lar
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)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: co‧lar
Verb
colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | colar | |||||
Personal | colar | colares | colar | colarmos | colardes | colarem |
Gerund | ||||||
colando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | colado | colados | ||||
Feminine | colada | coladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | colo | colas | cola | colamos | colais | colam |
Imperfect | colava | colavas | colava | colávamos | coláveis | colavam |
Preterite | colei | colaste | colou | colamos1, colámos2 | colastes | colaram |
Pluperfect | colara | colaras | colara | coláramos | coláreis | colaram |
Future | colarei | colarás | colará | colaremos | colareis | colarão |
Conditional | ||||||
colaria | colarias | colaria | colaríamos | colaríeis | colariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cole | coles | cole | colemos | coleis | colem |
Imperfect | colasse | colasses | colasse | colássemos | colásseis | colassem |
Future | colar | colares | colar | colarmos | colardes | colarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | cola | cole | colemos | colai | colem | |
Negative (não) | não coles | não cole | não colemos | não coleis | não colem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: co‧lar
Verb
colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | colar | |||||
Personal | colar | colares | colar | colarmos | colardes | colarem |
Gerund | ||||||
colando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | colado | colados | ||||
Feminine | colada | coladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | colo | colas | cola | colamos | colais | colam |
Imperfect | colava | colavas | colava | colávamos | coláveis | colavam |
Preterite | colei | colaste | colou | colamos1, colámos2 | colastes | colaram |
Pluperfect | colara | colaras | colara | coláramos | coláreis | colaram |
Future | colarei | colarás | colará | colaremos | colareis | colarão |
Conditional | ||||||
colaria | colarias | colaria | colaríamos | colaríeis | colariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cole | coles | cole | colemos | coleis | colem |
Imperfect | colasse | colasses | colasse | colássemos | colásseis | colassem |
Future | colar | colares | colar | colarmos | colardes | colarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | cola | cole | colemos | colai | colem | |
Negative (não) | não coles | não cole | não colemos | não coleis | não colem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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)
- to sift, to strain
- (Dominican Republic) to prepare coffee
- (colloquial) to dupe, hoodwink
- (colloquial) to missay, say wrongly
- (reflexive, colloquial) to fall for, fall in love
- (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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
infinitive | colar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | colando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | colado | colada | |||||
plural | colados | coladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cuelo | cuelastú colásvos |
cuela | colamos | coláis | cuelan | |
imperfect | colaba | colabas | colaba | colábamos | colabais | colaban | |
preterite | colé | colaste | coló | colamos | colasteis | colaron | |
future | colaré | colarás | colará | colaremos | colaréis | colarán | |
conditional | colaría | colarías | colaría | colaríamos | colaríais | colarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cuele | cuelestú colésvos2 |
cuele | colemos | coléis | cuelen | |
imperfect (ra) |
colara | colaras | colara | coláramos | colarais | colaran | |
imperfect (se) |
colase | colases | colase | colásemos | colaseis | colasen | |
future1 | colare | colares | colare | coláremos | colareis | colaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cuelatú colávos |
cuele | colemos | colad | cuelen | ||
negative | no cueles | no cuele | no colemos | no coléis | no cuelen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive colar | |||||||
dative | colarme | colarte | colarle, colarse | colarnos | colaros | colarles, colarse | |
accusative | colarme | colarte | colarlo, colarla, colarse | colarnos | colaros | colarlos, colarlas, colarse | |
with gerund colando | |||||||
dative | colándome | colándote | colándole, colándose | colándonos | colándoos | colándoles, colándose | |
accusative | colándome | colándote | colándolo, colándola, colándose | colándonos | colándoos | colándolos, colándolas, colándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cuela | |||||||
dative | cuélame | cuélate | cuélale | cuélanos | not used | cuélales | |
accusative | cuélame | cuélate | cuélalo, cuélala | cuélanos | not used | cuélalos, cuélalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colá | |||||||
dative | colame | colate | colale | colanos | not used | colales | |
accusative | colame | colate | colalo, colala | colanos | not used | colalos, colalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cuele | |||||||
dative | cuéleme | not used | cuélele, cuélese | cuélenos | not used | cuéleles | |
accusative | cuéleme | not used | cuélelo, cuélela, cuélese | cuélenos | not used | cuélelos, cuélelas | |
with first-person plural imperative colemos | |||||||
dative | not used | colémoste | colémosle | colémonos | colémoos | colémosles | |
accusative | not used | colémoste | colémoslo, colémosla | colémonos | colémoos | colémoslos, colémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative colad | |||||||
dative | coladme | not used | coladle | coladnos | colaos | coladles | |
accusative | coladme | not used | coladlo, coladla | coladnos | colaos | coladlos, coladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cuelen | |||||||
dative | cuélenme | not used | cuélenle | cuélennos | not used | cuélenles, cuélense | |
accusative | cuélenme | not used | cuélenlo, cuélenla | cuélennos | not used | cuélenlos, cuélenlas, cuélense |
Derived terms
See also
Verb
colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colé, past participle colado)
- (Christianity) to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)
Conjugation
infinitive | colar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | colando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | colado | colada | |||||
plural | colados | coladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | colo | colastú colásvos |
cola | colamos | coláis | colan | |
imperfect | colaba | colabas | colaba | colábamos | colabais | colaban | |
preterite | colé | colaste | coló | colamos | colasteis | colaron | |
future | colaré | colarás | colará | colaremos | colaréis | colarán | |
conditional | colaría | colarías | colaría | colaríamos | colaríais | colarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cole | colestú colésvos2 |
cole | colemos | coléis | colen | |
imperfect (ra) |
colara | colaras | colara | coláramos | colarais | colaran | |
imperfect (se) |
colase | colases | colase | colásemos | colaseis | colasen | |
future1 | colare | colares | colare | coláremos | colareis | colaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | colatú colávos |
cole | colemos | colad | colen | ||
negative | no coles | no cole | no colemos | no coléis | no colen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive colar | |||||||
dative | colarme | colarte | colarle, colarse | colarnos | colaros | colarles, colarse | |
accusative | colarme | colarte | colarlo, colarla, colarse | colarnos | colaros | colarlos, colarlas, colarse | |
with gerund colando | |||||||
dative | colándome | colándote | colándole, colándose | colándonos | colándoos | colándoles, colándose | |
accusative | colándome | colándote | colándolo, colándola, colándose | colándonos | colándoos | colándolos, colándolas, colándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cola | |||||||
dative | cólame | cólate | cólale | cólanos | not used | cólales | |
accusative | cólame | cólate | cólalo, cólala | cólanos | not used | cólalos, cólalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colá | |||||||
dative | colame | colate | colale | colanos | not used | colales | |
accusative | colame | colate | colalo, colala | colanos | not used | colalos, colalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cole | |||||||
dative | cóleme | not used | cólele, cólese | cólenos | not used | cóleles | |
accusative | cóleme | not used | cólelo, cólela, cólese | cólenos | not used | cólelos, cólelas | |
with first-person plural imperative colemos | |||||||
dative | not used | colémoste | colémosle | colémonos | colémoos | colémosles | |
accusative | not used | colémoste | colémoslo, colémosla | colémonos | colémoos | colémoslos, colémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative colad | |||||||
dative | coladme | not used | coladle | coladnos | colaos | coladles | |
accusative | coladme | not used | coladlo, coladla | coladnos | colaos | coladlos, coladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative colen | |||||||
dative | cólenme | not used | cólenle | cólennos | not used | cólenles, cólense | |
accusative | cólenme | not used | cólenlo, cólenla | cólennos | not used | cólenlos, cólenlas, cólense |
Further reading
- “colar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014