colegio

/koˈlexjo/ · A2 · noun · m

school

colegio — school

🏫🎒 colegio = college, but for kids: same Latin root, younger students

From Latin collegium, a group of colleagues, the same source as English college. It is a false friend: in Spanish, colegio means primary or grade school, while college-level study is universidad. Masculine: el colegio.

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