colectivo
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. Doublet of collective.
Noun
colectivo (plural colectivos)
- A kind of bus or share taxi in South America.
- (politics) A militant leftist group in Venezuela.
Galician
Adjective
colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)
Noun
colectivo m (plural colectivos)
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Portuguese
Adjective
colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Noun
colectivo m (plural colectivos)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)
Noun
colectivo m (plural colectivos)
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Descendants
- → Tagalog: kolektibo
See also
Further reading
- “colectivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28