Noun: colo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | colo |
| Plural m | colos |
Sample Sentences
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Et por esta razõ sempre andou en andas et en colo dos omes ata que morreu. (And for this reason he always went in stretchers and in the arms of men until he died) [c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 690:]
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1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419 (Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora)
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Non leves a nena no colo, deixa que ande. (Don't carry the little girl in your arms, let her walk.)
Nouns inflected like colo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese colo, from Latin collum (“neck”). Compare Portuguese colo and Spanish cuello. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
colo', Latin Nouns '
collum', Portuguese Nouns '
colo', Spanish Nouns '
cuello'.
Verbs referencing "colo"
Portuguese Nouns
colo.
Translations