collarín

Spanish

Etymology

From collar +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koʝaˈɾin/ [ko.ʝaˈɾĩn]

• IPA^(key): /koʝaˈɾin/ [ko.ʝaˈɾĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koʎaˈɾin/ [ko.ʎaˈɾĩn] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koʃaˈɾin/ [ko.ʃaˈɾĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koʒaˈɾin/ [ko.ʒaˈɾĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: co‧lla‧rín

Noun

collarín m (plural collarines)

1. surgical collar
2. ruff (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)

Further reading

• “collarín”, 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