colocolo
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).
=== Noun ===
colocolo (plural colocolos)
Leopardus colocola, a small striped cat native to western central South America.
Synonyms: grass cat, Pampas cat, straw cat
==== Related terms ====
colocolo opossum
==== Translations ====
== 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)
colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
=== Further reading ===
colocolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Portuguese ==
=== 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 ===
=== Noun ===
colocolo m (plural colocolos)
monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
Synonym: gato-palheiro
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌkoloˈkolo/ [ˌko.loˈko.lo]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: co‧lo‧co‧lo
=== Noun ===
colocolo m (plural colocolos)
colocolo
=== Further reading ===
“colocolo”, 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