colegio

colegio(
koh
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leh
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hyoh
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
1. (educational institution)
a. school
El hijo de mi jefe asiste al mismo colegio que mi hija.My boss's son goes to the same school as my daughter.
Mis hijas estudian en un colegio cerca de la casa.My daughters study at a school near our house.
2. (group)
a. college
El Colegio de Cardenales elige al Papa.The College of Cardinals elects the Pope.
b. association
El Colegio de Arquitectos tendrá su reunión anual en Nueva York.The Architects Association will have its annual meeting in New York.
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colegio
masculine noun
1. school (escuela)
  • colegio estatal state school (British), public school (United States)
  • colegio de monjas convent school
  • colegio mixto mixed o coeducational school
  • colegio nacional state primary school
  • colegio de pago fee-paying school
  • colegio de párvulos infant school
  • colegio privado private school
  • colegio público state school (British), public school (United States)
2. (de profesionales)
  • colegio (profesional) professional association
3. (politics)
  • colegio electoral polling station; (lugar) ward (votantes)
also:
  • colegio mayor hall of residence (peninsular Spanish)
COLEGIO DE MÉXICO The Colegio de México is an institution dedicated to research and graduate teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities, and has exercised a leading influence on intellectual and academic life in Mexico since its foundation in 1940. It developed from the “Casa de España”, which was set up in 1938 as a refuge for exiled Spanish academics during the Spanish Civil War, and of which the Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes was one of the first directors. The early work of the Colegio concentrated on historical, literary and linguistic research, but in time it grew to encompass economics, demographics and sociology, as well as Asian, African and International studies. Although it is a small institution compared with the large public universities, it has one of the most important libraries in Latin America (the Biblioteca Cosío Villegas), and publishes about 100 books a year.
Copyright © 2006 Harrap Publishers Limited
colegio
1 (Escol) school
mañana no hay colegio there's no school tomorrow
han arreglado la fachada del colegio
ir al colegio to go to school
todavía no va al colegio
los niños están en el colegio the children are at school; estudió en este colegio he went to this school
colegio de curas Catholic boys school run by priests; (run by priests)
colegio de monjas convent school
colegio de pago fee-paying school
colegio mayor (Univ) hall of residence; (Hist) college
colegio privado private school
colegio público state school; public school; (EEUU)
Colegio Universitario university college
2 (corporación)
colegio cardenalicio College of Cardinals
colegio de abogados bar (association)
colegio de arquitectos architects' association
Colegio de cardenales College of Cardinals
colegio de médicos medical association
3 (Política)
colegio electoral (lugar) polling station; (electores) electoral college
Uso del artículo
A la hora de traducir expresiones como al colegio/a la escuela o en el colegio/en la escuela, desde el colegio/desde la escuela etc, hemos de tener en cuenta el motivo por el que alguien acude al recinto o está allí:
Se traduce al colegio/a la escuela por to school, en el colegio o en la escuela por at school y desde el colegio o desde la escuela por from school cuando alguien va o está allí en calidad de alumno:
El primer día que fui al colegio me pasé toda la mañana llorando The first day I went to school I spent the whole morning crying
Juan todavía está en el colegio. Lo han castigado Juan's still at school. He's been given a detention
Se traduce al colegio/a la escuela por to the school, en el colegio/en la escuela por at the school y desde el colegio/desde la escuela por from the school cuando alguien va o está en el centro por otros motivos:
Ayer fueron mis padres al colegio para hablar con el director Yesterday my parents went to the school to talk to the headmaster
Podemos quedar en el colegio y luego ir a tomar algo We can meet at the school and then go for a drink
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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