colación

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin collātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kolaˈθjon/ [ko.laˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kolaˈsjon/ [ko.laˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧la‧ción

Noun

colación f (plural colaciones)

1. light meal, collation, snack
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Gloria, haz preparar una buena colación para este caballero. Ya comprenderás que no debe tomar cosas pesadas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. collation (comparison)

   Synonyms: comparación, cotejo

3. conferment of a title or position
4. (Latin America) a type of sweet pastry
5. collation (conference or discussion in a monastery)
6. territory pertaining to a parish

Derived terms

• colación de bienes
• sacar a colación
• salir a colación
• traer a colación

 

Related terms

• colar

 

Further reading

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