coleta
English
Etymology
Spanish coleta
Noun
coleta (plural coletas)
- (bullfighting) A pigtail, a symbol of the matador.
Translations
(bullfighting) pigtail
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Anagrams
- Alecto, acetol, locate
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish coleta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.le.ta/
Noun
coleta f (plural coletas)
- (bullfighting) coleta
Further reading
- “coleta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish coleta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈle.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: co‧le‧ta
Noun
coleta f (plural coletas)
- (bullfighting) coleta
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin collēcta. Doublet of colheita.
Alternative forms
- colecta (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlɛ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: co‧le‧ta
Noun
coleta f (plural coletas)
- collection; the act of collecting
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Alternative forms
- colecta (pre-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈlɛ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: co‧le‧ta
Verb
coleta
- inflection of coletar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
cola + -eta
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈleta/ [koˈle.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: co‧le‧ta
Noun
coleta f (plural coletas)
- ponytail
- (bullfighting) coleta
- exhaust pipe
- afterthought
Derived terms
- coletilla
- cortarse la coleta
Further reading
- “coleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014