colegiala

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koleˈxjala/ [ko.leˈxja.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: co‧le‧gia‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

colegiala f (plural colegialas, masculine colegial, masculine plural colegiales)

1. schoolgirl
2. resident of a colegio mayor

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kolehiyala

Etymology 2

Verb

colegiala

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of colegiar combined with la

Further reading

• “colegial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28