colador

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Pronunciation

Noun

colador m (plural coladors)

  1. sieve
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      La porta es va convertir en un colador. Se n'havien anat però jo continuava disparant.
      The door was being reduced to a sieve. They were gone, but I continued firing.
  2. colander

Spanish

Etymology

From colar +‎ -dor. Compare Portuguese coador.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolaˈdoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧la‧dor

Noun

colador m (plural coladores)

  1. sieve (only the strainer kind of sifter, not the cup-shaped sifter)
  2. colander
    Synonyms: escurridor, coladero

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