colegio
See also: colégio
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlexjo/ [koˈle.xjo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -exjo
- Syllabification: co‧le‧gio
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin collēgium.
Noun
colegio m (plural colegios)
Usage notes
- Colegio is a false friend and does not mean college. The Spanish word for college is universidad.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Verb
colegio
- first-person singular present indicative of colegiar
Further reading
- “colegio”, 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