colectivo

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective.

colectivo (plural colectivos)

1. A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.
2. (Venezuelan politics) A government-backed far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. collective

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. collective, group, association, union, guild

• colectivizar
• colectivización
• colectivismo
• colectivístico
• colectividade

• colecta
• colectar

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

• IPA^(key): /koleɡˈtibo/ [ko.leɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: co‧lec‧ti‧vo

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. collective

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. collective, group, association, union, guild
2. (Argentina, Peru) bus

   Synonyms: ómnibus, micro

3. (Latin America) ellipsis of taxi colectivo (“shared taxi, colectivo”)
4. (Venezuelan politics) colectivo (government-supported far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela)

• → English: colectivo
• → Tagalog: kolektibo

• guagua
• pesero

• “colectivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024