coleccionar

/koleɡθjoˈnaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to collect (to accumulate a number of similar or related objects, particularly for a hobby or recreation)

🪙📚 coleccionar = colección + ar, to make a collection of things

Coleccionar comes from colección, a gathering of items, plus the verb ending -ar. It looks like English collect and collection, which share the Latin root colligere, meaning to gather together. Link coleccionar to collection and you have the meaning.

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