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Italian
Etymology
From collo (“neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolˈlɔt.to.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔttola
- Hyphenation: col‧lòt‧to‧la
Noun
collottola f (plural collottole)
- scruff of the neck
- (metonymically) fat, weight
- far(e) (la) collottola ― to gain weight
l'erba non fa collottola (proverb)- just eating vegetables won't fill you up
- (literally, “grass does not make fat”)
- (fossil word) life
- perdere la collottola ― to lose one's life
- portare in salvo la collottola ― to save one's life