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colar

Pronunciation: /koˈlaʁ/

“colar” is a Portuguese word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. necklace, chain
  2. collar

verb

  1. to glue (to join with glue)
  2. to stick or attach, not necessarily using glue
  3. to invest (to receive a priest’s collar)
  4. to settle a bill
  5. to approach, to get closer to (a person, thing or place)
  6. to cheat (on a test)
  7. to paste (to insert a piece of media previously copied or cut from somewhere else)
  8. to receive one’s university diploma, especially in a ceremonial manner
  9. to invest (to ceremonially install someone in some office)

In Portuguese

  1. ornamento ou insígnia que se usa em volta do pescoço
  2. ato de unir duas partes com cola
  3. copiar indevidamente as respostas de uma prova
  4. ser aceito como verdadeiro
  5. vir, achegar-se
  6. vincular-se, passar a figurar no âmbito da ideia como um atributo inerente
  7. calor
  8. coral
  9. lacro

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris + -āre.

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