colega
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈleɡa/
Noun
colega m
- colleague
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- collega (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [kuˈlɛ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: co‧le‧ga
Noun
colega m or f by sense (plural colegas)
- colleague (fellow member of a profession)
- Synonyms: companheiro, confrade
- buddy, friend
- Synonyms: amigo, companheiro, camarada
Related terms
- colégio, coleguismo, colegagem
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin collēga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈleɡa/ [koˈle.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Syllabification: co‧le‧ga
Noun
colega m or f (plural colegas)
- colleague
- (colloquial, Spain) buddy
See also
- compañero m, compañera f
Further reading
- “colega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014