colo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) lap (upper legs of a seated person)
2. (masculine) neck; collum (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
3. (masculine) neck (part of a bone that connects its head to its body)
4. (masculine) cervix (necklike portion of any part)
5. (masculine) gap (mountain or hill pass)
6. (masculine) the channel of an archegonium

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of colar

Hyphenated as

co‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔ.lu/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colo, from Latin collum (“neck”). Cognate with Galician colo, Spanish cuello, Italian collo, and French cou.

Sentences

Mulheres dormindo com a cabeça no colo no metrô .

Women sleeping with their heads in their laps on the subway.