colectivo

English

Etymology

Spanish colectivo. Doublet of collective.

Noun

colectivo (plural colectivos)

1. A kind of bus or share taxi in South America.
2. (politics) A militant leftist group in Venezuela.

Galician

Adjective

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. collective

Noun

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. collective, group, association, union, guild

Derived terms

• colectivizar
• colectivización
• colectivismo
• colectivístico
• colectividade

Related terms

• colecta
• colectar

Portuguese

Adjective

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of coletivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koleɡˈtibo/ [ko.leɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: co‧lec‧ti‧vo

Adjective

colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas)

1. collective

Noun

colectivo m (plural colectivos)

1. collective, group, association, union, guild
2. (Argentina, Peru) public bus

   Synonyms: ómnibus, micro

Derived terms

• colectividad
• colectivismo
• colectivístico
• colectivización
• colectivizar
• convención colectiva de trabajo
• inconsciente colectivo
• negociación colectiva
• nombre colectivo
• Organización del Tratado de Seguridad Colectiva
• sustantivo concreto
• taxi colectivo

 

Related terms

• colecta
• colectar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kolektibo

See also

• guagua
• pesero

Further reading

• “colectivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014