Polyglot Dictionary

colecta

/koˈlekta/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
colectas

Meaning

  1. collection

    • Hicieron una colecta para el hospital.

      They held a collection for the hospital.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cobro

colecta means "collection" as in a charity fundraiser, collecting donations; cobro means collecting or charging a payment owed.

recogida

colecta is a fundraising collection, collecting donations; recogida is a physical collection or pickup, like garbage collection.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

coleta

coleta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "collection."

Practice

1 What does colecta mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hicieron una ___ para el hospital.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colecta?

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