colégio

See also: colegio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.u/ [koˈlɛ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.ʒi.o/ [koˈlɛ.ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlɛ.ʒjo/

  • Rhymes: -ɛʒiu, -ɛʒju
  • Hyphenation: co‧lé‧gi‧o

Noun

colégio m (plural colégios)

  1. college, school
  2. campus (private non-higher education establishment)
    1. set of members of one of these establishments
  3. peer association
  4. corporation of people with equal rank or dignity (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  5. branch of national corporate organization that groups individuals who, in the context of a given profession, exercise a certain specialty (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  6. set of individuals who belong to a constituency (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  7. (dated) convent or religious institute dedicated to teaching
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XII, in Cahetés‎[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 80:
      Em seguida, movendo o braço roliço carregado de aros, cobras de ouro que tilintaram, reprehendeu-me com o dedinho erguido, lembrou-me que fazia um mez que viera do collegio e ainda não me vira ali.
      Next, moving her plump arm bustling with hoops, golden snakes that ringed, she reminded me a month had passed since she came back from the convent and she hadn’t yet seen me there.
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