coleta

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coleta
feminine noun
1pigtail
  • cortarse la coleta (figurative) -> to call it a day, to retire

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coleta [co-lay’-tah]
noun
1Pigtail. (f)
  • Gente de coleta -> bullfighters
  • Cortarse la coleta -> to quit the ring, give up bullfighting, 2. (Coll.) A short addition to a discourse or writing; postscript
2Nineleaved coronilla. (Botany) (f)
3Nankin, or nankeen. (f)

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coleta
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de pelo] ponytail; (Taur) pigtail
gente de coleta bullfighters
cortarse la coleta to quit; retire; hang up one's spurs; (familiar)
me cortaré la coleta si ... (familiar) I'll eat my hat if ...
2 (adición) postscript; afterthought

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