colegio
See also: colégio
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collēgium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlexjo/ [koˈle.xjo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -exjo
- Syllabification: co‧le‧gio
Noun
colegio m (plural colegios)
- school
- Synonyms: cole, escuela
Usage notes
- Colegio is a false friend, and does not mean college. The Spanish word for college is universidad.
Derived terms
- colegio electoral
- colegio mayor
- colegio técnico
Related terms
- colegial, colegiala
Verb
colegio
- first-person singular present indicative of colegiar
Further reading
- “colegio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014