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coletear

Spanish, verb/koleteˈaɾ/

coletear is spelled C-O-L-E-T-E-A-R (8 letters). Coletear is a Spanish verb meaning “to scrub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar golpes con la cola”.

What does coletear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto scrub

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dar golpes con la cola. 2. Limpiar el suelo son el coleto o fregona.

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 coletear

  • coleteo first-person present singular
  • coleteé first-person preterite singular
  • coleteado participle past
  • coleteando gerund
  • coleteada feminine participle past
  • coleteados masculine participle past
  • coleteadas feminine participle past
  • coleteas indicative informal present
  • coleteás indicative informal present
  • coletea indicative present singular
  • coleteamos first-person indicative plural
  • coleteáis indicative plural present
  • coletean indicative plural present
  • coleteaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • coleteabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • coleteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • coleteabais imperfect indicative plural
  • coleteaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce coletear?

  • /koleteˈaɾ/
  • [ko.le.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • [kolet̪eˈaɾ]

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

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