colar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cōlāre, present active infinitive of cōlō.

Verb

colar (first-person singular indicative present colo, past participle coláu)

1. (transitive) to leave, go away, depart
2. to sift
3. to strain
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Conjugation

Synonyms

• (leave): marchar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōlāre (compare Occitan colar, French couler, Spanish colar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colí, past participle colat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to sift, to filter (a liquid)
2. to pour the molten metal from the crucible into the mold
3. (reflexive) to enter somewhere without permit or paying, e. g. to crash (a party)
4. (reflexive) to advance before someone, in a queue, without waiting for the turn

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• coladís

Further reading

• “colar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈlaɾ/

Noun

colar m (plural colares)

1. necklace

Further reading

• “colar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Verb

colar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of colō

Portuguese

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colar

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Etymology 1

From Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧lar

Noun

colar m (plural colares)

1. necklace, chain
2. (clothing) collar

Etymology 2

From cola.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧lar

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)

1. to glue (to join with glue)
2. to affix, to attach, to tie together
3. to invest (to receive a priest's collar)
4. to settle a bill
5. (Brazil, slang) to approach, to get closer to (someone or somewhere)
6. (Brazil, slang) to use a copy of content to help to complete a school or university test, often illegally

Conjugation

Related terms

• cola
• colagem

Etymology 3

Back-formation from colação.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧lar

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colei, past participle colado)

1. (Brazil, usually as colar grau) to receive one’s university diploma, especially in a ceremonial manner
2. (Brazil, transitive) to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

   Synonym: investir

Conjugation

References

“colar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧lar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cōlāre whence English coulee and colander.

Verb

colar (first-person singular present cuelo, first-person singular preterite colé, past participle colado)

1. to sift, to strain, to filter
2. (Dominican Republic, Cuba) to prepare coffee
3. (colloquial) to dupe, hoodwink
4. (colloquial) to missay, say wrongly
5. (reflexive, colloquial) to fall for, fall in love
6. (reflexive, colloquial) to sneak into, to crash
   • 2019 July 7, Nando Cruz, “Perreando contra Blackstone”, in El Periódico‎:

     Por los altavoces suena 'Million dollar baby', de Cecilio G, el primer trapero que apoyó esta lucha. "A los 15 años me colaba en Razzmatazz / A los 16 me colé en el Sónar / Ahora el Sónar me paga por cantar", canturrea el público con visible entusiasmo.

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   • 2021 March 25, Manuel Ansede, “El mayor estudio hasta la fecha confirma la 'singularidad genética' de los vascos”, in El País‎:

     El antropólogo francés Paul Broca se coló una noche de 1862 en el cementerio de Zarautz para robar cráneos con los que estudiar las presuntas peculiaridades de lo que entonces se consideraba una raza primitiva.

     The French anthropologist Paul Broca sneaked into the Zarautz cemetery one night in 1862 to steal skulls with which to study the presumed peculiarities of what was then considered a primitive race.

7. to sift through, comb through

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• tamizar

Etymology 2

A back-formation from Latin collātus, past participle of cōnferō (“to confer”).

Verb

colar (first-person singular present colo, first-person singular preterite colé, past participle colado)

1. (Christianity) to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)

Conjugation

Further reading

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