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cola.

tail

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkola/[ˈko.la]
  1. tail

    feminine
  2. line (US), queue (UK)

    feminine
  3. empennage, aircraft tail

    feminine
  4. train (long back section of a gown)

    feminine
  5. coma (a comet's tail)

    feminine
  6. queue

    feminine
  7. ass, the buttocks

    Latin-America · feminine
  8. the penis

    feminine
  9. gayboy, homo

    Chile · feminine · pejorative · sometimes
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue, Catalan cua, Aragonese coda and Italian coda.

noun/ˈkola/[ˈko.la]
  1. glue (natural)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla). Cognate to Portuguese cola, Italian colla, French colle.

noun/ˈkola/[ˈko.la]
  1. ellipsis of bebida de cola (“cola”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  2. kola

    feminine
  3. kola tree

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From a Niger-Congo language.

verb/ˈkola/[ˈko.la]
  1. inflection of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”): third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”): second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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