colar
Portuguese, noun/koˈlaʁ/
colar is spelled C-O-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “necklace, chain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ornamento ou insígnia que se usa em volta do pescoço”.
What does colar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenecklace, chain
- 2
masculinecollar
verb
- 1
to glue (to join with glue)
- 2
to stick or attach, not necessarily using glue
- 3
to invest (to receive a priest’s collar)
- 4
to settle a bill
- 5
Brazilcolloquialto approach, to get closer to (a person, thing or place)
- 6
Brazilcolloquialto cheat (on a test)
Às vezes me perguntam se podem colar de mim nas provas.
- 7
to paste (to insert a piece of media previously copied or cut from somewhere else)
- 8
Brazilto receive one’s university diploma, especially in a ceremonial manner
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ornamento ou insígnia que se usa em volta do pescoço
verb: 1. ato de unir duas partes com cola 2. copiar indevidamente as respostas de uma prova 3. ser aceito como verdadeiro 4. vir, achegar-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colar
- colares plural
- collar alternative
- colo first-person present singular
- colei first-person preterite singular
- colado participle past
- colarmos first-person infinitive plural
- colardes infinitive plural second-person
- colarem infinitive plural third-person
- colando gerund
- colados masculine participle past
- colada feminine participle past
- coladas feminine participle past
- colas indicative present second-person
- cola indicative present singular
- colamos first-person indicative plural
- colais indicative plural present
- colam indicative plural present
- colava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colar?
- Brazil /koˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [koˈlah]
- /koˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colar in Portuguese?
colar appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).