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/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

I am going for a drink with my colleagues from work.

¿ , ?

How are you, mate?

She is a colleague from university and lives near me.

A colleague of mine spoke very highly of this lawyer.

, ¿ ?

Hey mate, can you give me a hand with this?

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This word is part of lesson 20.