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colar.

to sift, to strain, to filter

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/koˈlaɾ/[koˈlaɾ]
  1. to sift, to strain, to filter

  2. to prepare coffee

    Cuba · Dominican-Republic
  3. to dupe, hoodwink

    colloquial
  4. to missay, say wrongly

    colloquial
  5. to fall for, fall in love

    colloquial · reflexive
  6. to sneak into, to crash

    colloquial · reflexive
  7. to sift through, comb through

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin cōlāre whence English coulee and colander.

verb/koˈlaɾ/[koˈlaɾ]
  1. to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)

Where this word comes from

A back-formation from Latin collātus, past participle of cōnferō (“to confer”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.