colocolo

From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

colocolo (plural colocolos)

1. Leopardus colocola, a small striped cat native to western central South America.

   Synonym: Pampas cat

• colocolo opossum

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo, from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

• IPA^(key): /ko.loˈkɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧cò‧lo

colocolo m (plural colocoli)

1. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

• colocolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo (“colocolo cat, rarely also refers to the monito del monte”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
2. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

   Synonym: gato-palheiro

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoloˈkolo/ [ˌko.loˈko.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧co‧lo

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. colocolo

• “colocolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024