coladero
Spanish
Etymology
colar + -dero. Compare Portuguese coadouro, Italian colatoio, French couloir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolaˈdeɾo/ [ko.laˈð̞e.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: co‧la‧de‧ro
Noun
coladero m (plural coladeros)
- narrow pass or road
- Synonym: tollón
- colander
- Synonyms: escurridor, colador
- loophole
- (figuratively, sports) leaky defence
Further reading
- “coladero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014