colar

Meaning

1. to sift, to strain, to filter
2. (Cuba, Dominican-Republic) to prepare coffee
3. (colloquial) to dupe, hoodwink
4. (colloquial) to missay, say wrongly
5. (colloquial, reflexive) to fall for, fall in love
6. (colloquial, reflexive) to sneak into, to crash
7. to sift through, comb through

Concepts

sieve

strain

filter

sift

percolate

insert

funnel

tuck

filtrate

pour

separate out

slip

slip in

sneak in

something

squeeze

stick in

tame

affix

foist off

bleach

cast

cut

filter out

glue

ooze

palm off

pass

Synonyms

cribar

cerner

cernir

adherir

pegar

incluir

tamizar

filtrar

insertar

zarandear

introducir subrepticiamente

deslizar

domesticar

juntar

meter

unir

acercar

arrimar

meterse

Translations

colare

colar

passer

sieben

7

coar

filtrer

filtrare

insérer

durchsieben

zeven

7

durchseihen

setacciare

tamiser

durchsickern

Hyphenated as

co‧lar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈlaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cōlō

Cognate with English: coulee

Borrowed from Latin: collātus

In summary

Inherited from Latin cōlāre whence English coulee and colander.