colecho
Spanish, noun/koˈlet͡ʃo/
colecho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cosleeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El colecho o cama familiar es una práctica en la que bebés o niños pequeños duermen con uno o los dos…”.
What does colecho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecosleeping
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El colecho o cama familiar es una práctica en la que bebés o niños pequeños duermen con uno o los dos progenitores
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colecho
- colechos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colecho?
- /koˈlet͡ʃo/
- [koˈle.t͡ʃo]
- [koˈlet͡ʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colecho in Spanish?
colecho appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).