colectivo
Spanish, noun/koleɡˈtibo/
colectivo is spelled C-O-L-E-C-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,249th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colectivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “collective, group, association, union, guild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grupo humano que comparte ciertos rasgos o propiedades, esté o no organizado”.
What does colectivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
collective
noun
- 1
masculinecollective, group, association, union, guild
- 2
masculinebus
- 3
Latin-Americamasculineellipsis of taxi colectivo (“shared taxi, colectivo”)
- 4
masculinecolectivo (government-supported far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a un grupo humano organizado. 2. Capaz de recolectar o recoger.
noun: 1. Grupo humano que comparte ciertos rasgos o propiedades, esté o no organizado. 2. Grupo humano organizado y reunido para un fín específico. 3. Automóvil de alquiler acondicionado para transportar múltiples pasajeros sentados y de pie a lo largo de un trayecto urbano prefijado. 4. Automóvil que puede transportar cuatro pasajeros a lo largo de un trayecto urbano prefijado.
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 colectivo
- colectiva feminine
- colectivos masculine plural
- colectivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colectivo?
- /koleɡˈtibo/
- [ko.leɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [kolekˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colectivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colectivo in Spanish?
colectivo appears 38 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).