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colonia
feminine noun
1colony (estado dependiente)
2(de niños)
  • colonia (de verano) -> (summer) camp
  • ir de colonias -> to go on a summer camp
3eau de cologne (perfume)
  • me gusta la colonia que usa tu novio -> I like your boyfriend's aftershave
4district (barrio)
  • colonia proletaria -> shanty town, slum area (Mexican Spanish)

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colonia [co-lo’-ne-ah]
noun
1Colony. (f)
  • Colonia escolar -> summer camp for school-children
  • Colonia obrera -> working-class
  • Colonia penal -> penal settlement
  • Colonia veraniega -> holiday camp
2Colony, a plantation. (f)
3Each subdivision in which cities are divided. (Mexico) (f)
  • Colonia residencial -> residential district
noun
1Eau-de-Cologne. (f)

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colonia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (territorio) colony
las antiguas colonias españolas the former Spanish colonies
2 (comunidad) [de personas] community; [de animales, células] colony
la colonia norteamericana en Madrid the American community in Madrid
una colonia de corales
colonia bacteriana bacterial colony
3 (grupo de edificios)
colonia obrera working-class housing scheme
colonia penal penal colony
4 (campamento) summer camp
irse de colonias to go (off) to summer camp
colonia de vacaciones holiday camp
colonia de verano summer camp
5 (México) residential suburb; residential area
Colonia Quintanilla del D.F. the Quintanilla area of the capital
the residential area suburb of the city called `colonia Quintanilla'o
colonia proletaria shanty town
6 (cinta) silk ribbon
colonia
sustantivo:femenino
(also agua de colonia) cologne; eau de Cologne

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