colado

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin collis (“hill”) + -ado, or possibly from a Latin collis latus. Compare Spanish collado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlaðo̝/

Noun

colado m (plural colados)

1. hill, hillock

   Synonyms: coto, outeiro

Derived terms

• Colada
• Colado

Etymology 2

Either from Latin collis (“hill”) or from con- + lātus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlaðo̝/

Noun

colado m (plural colados)

1. hedge or strip of land between two adjacent farm plots, which is usually left fallow

   Synonyms: arró, beira, cómaro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “colado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “colado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “colado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Participle

colado (feminine colada, masculine plural colados, feminine plural coladas)

1. past participle of colar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlado/ [koˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: co‧la‧do

Adjective

colado (feminine colada, masculine plural colados, feminine plural coladas)

1. (colloquial) crazy (about someone); having the hots (for); crush, smitten

   Está colada por mí.

   She's crazy about me.

Derived terms

• coladito

Participle

colado (feminine colada, masculine plural colados, feminine plural coladas)

1. past participle of colar

Further reading

• “colado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025