colar

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verb

colar

transitive verb

1. to strain (leche, té); to filter (café)

2. to pass off as genuine (informal) (dinero falso); to slip through (mentira)

3. (en cola)

me coló -> he let me jump the queue o (British) cut in line (United States)

4. (en fiesta)

5. to slip, to squeeze (introducir)(por through)

intransitive verb

6. (informal) (pasar por bueno)

colarse

pronomial verb

1. (líquido)

2. to slip, to sneak (persona) (en un sitio); to jump the queue (en una cola) (British), to cut in line (United States)

colarse en una fiesta -> to gatecrash a party
¡eh, no te cueles! -> oi, don't jump the queue! (British), hey, don't cut in line! (United States)

3. to slip up (informal) (equivocarse)

colar [co-lar’]

article & verb transitive & verb neuter

1. To strain.

2. To bleach clothing after washing.

3. To collate or confer ecclesiastical benefices.

4. To obtain some difficult matter.

5. To spread false news as certain facts; to pass counterfeit money. (Colloquial)

6. To pass through a strait place.

7. To drink wine.

verb reflexive

8. To strain or to be filtered.

9. To steal into a place, to creep in by stealth.

10. To be displeased with a jest.

11. To jump the queue.

La moto se cuela por entre la circulación -> the motorcycle slips through the traffic
Se ha colado algún indeseable -> some undesirable has slipped in

to filter.

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	cuelo	colé	colaba	colaré	cuele
Tú	cuelas	colaste	colabas	colarás	cueles
Ella/Él/Usted	cuela	coló	colaba	colará	cuele
Nosotros	colamos	colamos	colábamos	colaremos	colemos
Vosotros	coláis	colasteis	colabais	colaréis	coléis
Ellos/Ustedes	cuelan	colaron	colaban	colarán	cuelen