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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collēgiālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.le.ʒiˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ko.leˈʒjaw/
Adjective
colegial m or f (plural colegiais)
- collegiate
- (relational) university
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French collégial. By surface analysis, colegiu + -al.
Adjective
colegial m or n (feminine singular colegială, masculine plural colegiali, feminine and neuter plural colegiale)
- collegial
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin collēgiālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koleˈxjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: co‧le‧gial
Adjective
colegial m or f (masculine and feminine plural colegiales)
- collegiate
Derived terms
Noun
colegial m (plural colegiales, feminine colegial or colegiala, feminine plural colegiales or colegialas)
- schoolboy
- resident of a colegio mayor
2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:Las colegialas que dan la cara ante los medios, sin embargo, no se sintieron insultadas como su dirección cuando escucharon a los colegiales del Ahuja.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
colegial m (plural colegiales)
- (Chile) austral negrito, Patagonian negrito
- Synonyms: negrito, negrito austral, sobrepuesto
- (Chile) bread pudding
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