colega

• IPA^(key): /kuˈleɡa/

colega m

1. colleague

• collega (pre-reform spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”).

• Hyphenation: co‧le‧ga

colega m or f by sense (plural colegas)

1. colleague (fellow member of a profession or staff)

   Synonyms: companheiro, confrade

   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 210:

     Reconheceu somente que era um pouco mais bonita que a generalidade das suas collegas.

     He recognized only that she was slightly more pretty than most of her colleagues.

2. classmate
3. buddy, friend

   Synonyms: amigo, companheiro, camarada

• colégio, coleguismo, colegagem

From Latin collēga.

• IPA^(key): /koˈleɡa/ [koˈle.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: co‧le‧ga

colega m or f by sense (plural colegas)

1. colleague
2. (colloquial, Spain) buddy

   Synonym: socio

• compañero m, compañera f

• “colega”, 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