Polyglot Dictionary

colilla

/koˈliʝa/

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
colillas

Meaning

  1. cigarette butt

    • Tiró una colilla al suelo.

      He dropped a cigarette butt on the ground.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pucho

colilla and pucho are close synonyms for "cigarette butt"; pucho is more Latin American regional, colilla the more standard term in Spain.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

bituca

bituca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cigarette butt."

Practice

1 What does colilla mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tiró una ___ al suelo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colilla?

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