colear
Portuguese, verb/ko.leˈa(ʁ)/
colear is spelled C-O-L-E-A-R (6 letters). Colear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wiggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “serpear, serpentear (a forma que se locomovem as serpentes)”.
What does colear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wiggle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. serpear, serpentear (a forma que se locomovem as serpentes) 2. rodear 3. mover a cabeça e o pescoço 4. entrar sorrateiramente
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 colear
- coleio first-person present singular
- coleei first-person preterite singular
- coleado participle past
- coleares infinitive second-person singular
- colearmos first-person infinitive plural
- coleardes infinitive plural second-person
- colearem infinitive plural third-person
- coleando gerund
- coleados masculine participle past
- coleada feminine participle past
- coleadas feminine participle past
- coleias indicative present second-person
- coleia indicative present singular
- coleamos first-person indicative plural
- coleais indicative plural present
- coleiam indicative plural present
- coleava first-person imperfect indicative
- coleavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colear?
- Brazil /ko.leˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ko.leˈa(h)]
- /ko.leˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.