English Explanatory Dictionary

colectivo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.
  2. A government-backed far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela

Word forms

colectivo colectivos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective.

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