Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colectivo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
colec-ti-vo
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.

noun

A government-backed far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

colectivos (plural)

Questions

What does colectivo mean?
A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.
Where does colectivo come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective.

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