colocolo

colocolo

English

Etymology

From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

Noun

colocolo (plural colocolos)

1. Leopardus colocolo, a small striped cat native to western central South America.

   Synonym: pampas cat

Related terms

• colocolo opossum

Translations

Leopardus colocolo

German: Pampaskatze f Polish: kolokolo (pl) m, kot pampasowy (pl) m, ocelot pampasowy (pl) m Portuguese: colocolo, gato-palheiro

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo, from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.loˈkɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧cò‧lo

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocoli)

1. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

Further reading

• colocolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

colocolo (1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo (“colocolo cat, rarely also refers to the monito del monte”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.luˈkɔ.lu/

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
2. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

   Synonym: gato-palheiro

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Spanish

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. cat

Further reading

• “colocolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014