colocolo

English

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Pampas cat

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish colocolo (“colocolo (cat)”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo (a creature in Mapuche mythology).

Noun

colocolo (plural colocolos)

1. Leopardus colocola, a small striped cat native to western central South America.

   Synonym: Pampas cat

Related terms

• colocolo opossum

Translations

Leopardus colocola

German: Pampaskatze f Polish: kolokolo (pl) m, kot pampasowy (pl) m, ocelot pampasowy (pl) m Portuguese: colocolo, gato-palheiro Russian: пампа́сская ко́шка f (pampásskaja kóška)

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)

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.loˈkɔ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.luˈkɔ.lu/

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
2. 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)

1. colocolo

Further reading

• “colocolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024