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coleta

Spanish, noun/koˈleta/

coleta is spelled C-O-L-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coleta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ponytail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Porción de cabello que se sujeta junto a su raíz, y se enrolla o deja caer”.

What does coleta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineponytail

  2. 2

    femininecoleta

  3. 3

    feminineexhaust pipe

  4. 4

    feminineafterthought

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Porción de cabello que se sujeta junto a su raíz, y se enrolla o deja caer. 2. En particular, coleta₁ que se hace recogiendo todo el cabello en la nuca. 3. Por extensión, lazo textil o elástico con que se recoge el cabello en una coleta₁ o ₂. 4. Por extensión, cabello largo que se deja crecer junto a la nuca.

noun: 1. Cola ligera que se aplica a las porciones de una pintura que se despegan o amenazan despegarse.

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 coleta

  • coletas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coleta?

  • /koˈleta/
  • [koˈle.t̪a]
  • [koˈlet̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to coleta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is coleta in Spanish?

coleta appears 1.0 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).

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