Polyglot Dictionary

colon

/ˈkolon/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
colones

Meaning

  1. colon

    • Le operaron el colon.

      They operated on his colon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Doppelpunkt

Doppelpunkt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "colon."

Portuguese

cólon

cólon is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "colon."

Practice

1 What does colon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le operaron el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colon?

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