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common
/koˈleɣa/
#972 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
colleague, mate
Word origin
From Latin 'collega' ('a colleague in office'), from 'com-' (together) and 'legare' (to depute). The same root gives English 'colleague'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- collega
- English cognates
- colleague
Grammar
Gendercommon
Pluralcolegas
Examples
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I am going for a drink with my colleagues from work.
¿ , ?
How are you, mate?
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She is a colleague from university and lives near me.
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A colleague of mine spoke very highly of this lawyer.
, ¿ ?
Hey mate, can you give me a hand with this?
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