Polyglot Dictionary

colônia

/koˈlonjɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as colônias

Meaning

  1. colony

    • Era uma colônia portuguesa.

      It was a Portuguese colony.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Kolonie

Kolonie is the German word for the same thing — both mean "colony."

French

colonie

colonie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "colony."

Practice

1 What does colônia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Era uma ___ portuguesa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches colônia?

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