collado

Spanish

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin collis, or from collis latus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈʝado/ [koˈʝa.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈʝado/ [koˈʝa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /koˈʎado/ [koˈʎa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈʃado/ [koˈʃa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈʒado/ [koˈʒa.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: co‧lla‧do

Noun

collado m (plural collados)

1. hill; hillock

   Synonyms: cerro, colina, loma, alcor

2. col, mountain pass

   Synonym: puerto

Further reading

• “collado”, 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