colegio

See also: colégio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈlexjo/ [koˈle.xjo]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -exjo
Syllabification: co‧le‧gio

Noun

colegio m (plural colegios)

school
Synonyms: cole, escuela

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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Verb

colegio

first-person singular present indicative of colegiar

Further reading

“colegio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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