colocolo

English

Etymology

From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

Noun

colocolo (plural colocolos)

1. Leopardus colocolo, a small striped cat native to western central South America.

   Synonym: pampas cat

Related terms

• colocolo opossum

Translations

Leopardus colocolo

• German: Pampaskatze f
• Polish: kolokolo (pl) m, kot pampasowy (pl) m, ocelot pampasowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: colocolo, gato-palheiro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo, from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.loˈkɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧cò‧lo

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocoli)

1. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

Further reading

• colocolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

colocolo (1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colocolo (“colocolo cat, rarely also refers to the monito del monte”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.luˈkɔ.lu/

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
2. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

   Synonym: gato-palheiro

Spanish

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. cat

Further reading

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