colectivo

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective. === Noun === colectivo (plural colectivos) A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America. (Venezuelan politics) A government-backed far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela == Galician == === Adjective === colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas) collective === Noun === colectivo m (plural colectivos) collective, group, association, union, guild ==== Derived terms ==== colectivizar colectivización colectivismo colectivístico colectividade ==== Related terms ==== colecta colectar == Portuguese == === Adjective === colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas) (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coletivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling === Noun === colectivo m (plural colectivos) (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coletivo; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling === Further reading === “colectivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koleɡˈtibo/ [ko.leɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o] Rhymes: -ibo Syllabification: co‧lec‧ti‧vo === Adjective === colectivo (feminine colectiva, masculine plural colectivos, feminine plural colectivas) collective === Noun === colectivo m (plural colectivos) collective, group, association, union, guild (Argentina, Peru) bus Synonyms: ómnibus, micro (Latin America) ellipsis of taxi colectivo (“shared taxi, colectivo”) (Venezuelan politics) colectivo (government-supported far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: colectivo → Tagalog: kolektibo ==== See also ==== guagua pesero === Further reading === “colectivo”, 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