cuello

/ˈkweʝo/ · A2 · noun · m

neck

cuello — neck

👔 cuello = collar: both from Latin collum, neck

Spanish cuello and English collar share the Latin root collum (neck). A collar is the neck of a shirt, so one word covers both. The Latin o became ue in Spanish, as in porta → puerta.

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