colirrojo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cola

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós

Proto-Italic *russos

Latin russusder.

Latin russeus

Old Spanish roxo

Spanish rojo

Spanish colirrojo

From cola + rojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koliˈroxo/ [ko.liˈro.xo]
• Rhymes: -oxo
• Syllabification: co‧li‧rro‧jo

Adjective

colirrojo (feminine colirroja, masculine plural colirrojos, feminine plural colirrojas)

1. red-tailed (said of various species of bird)

Noun

colirrojo m (plural colirrojos)

1. redstart

Derived terms

• colirrojo tizón

Further reading

• “colirrojo”, 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