collera

Catalan

Etymology

From coll +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kuˈʎe̞.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈʎe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈʎe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈʎe.ɾa]

Noun

collera f (plural colleres)

1. collar (part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal)
2. horse collar

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “collera”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “collera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “collera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: colleras

Verb

collera

1. third-person singular future of coller

Galician

Verb

collera

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of coller

Italian

Alternative forms

• collora (obsolete)
• gollera (Tuscan)

Etymology

From Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “bile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.le.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔllera
• Hyphenation: còl‧le‧ra

Noun

collera f (plural collere)

1. (archaic) bilious humour/humor
2. anger, chafe, rage

   Synonyms: bile, furore, ira, rabbia

   Antonyms: calma, serenità, tranquillità

Derived terms

• colleroso
• incollerire

Related terms

• collerico

Further reading

• “collera”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• carello, collare

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈʝeɾa/ [koˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): /koˈʝeɾa/ [koˈʝe.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koˈʎeɾa/ [koˈʎe.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koˈʃeɾa/ [koˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koˈʒeɾa/ [koˈʒe.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /koˈeɾa/ [koˈe.ɾa] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: co‧lle‧ra

Noun

collera f (plural colleras)

1. horse collar

Further reading

• “collera”, 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