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Spanish
Etymology
From colar + -dero. Compare Portuguese coadouro, Italian colatoio, French couloir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolaˈdeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: co‧la‧de‧ro
Noun
coladero m (plural coladeros)
- narrow pass or road
- Synonym: tollón
- colander
- Synonyms: escurridor, colador
- loophole
- (figurative, sports) leaky defence
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