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la cola

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queue(

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (line) (United Kingdom)

a. la cola

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The queues are always so long at Christmas time.Las colas siempre son muy largas durante las navidades.

b. la fila

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The woman did not realize she had skipped the queue.La mujer no se dio cuenta de que se había saltado la fila.

2. (computing)

a. la cola

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

There are a couple of documents in the print queue.Hay un par de documentos en la cola de impresión.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

3. (to wait in line) (United Kingdom)

a. hacer cola

We've been queueing for nearly an hour to get into the theatre.Llevamos casi una hora haciendo cola para entrar al teatro.

b. hacer fila

The refugees queued for bread at the refugee camp.Los refugiados hacían fila para conseguir pan en el campo de refugiados.

queue

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (line) (United Kingdom)

a. la cola

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

to form a queuehacer cola

to jump the queuecolarse

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (general)

a. hacer cola

queue [kjuː] especially (Britain)

noun

cola (f)

to form a queue stand in a queue hacer cola

to jump the queue colarse (informal); saltarse la cola