Italian

Verb

colludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colludere

Latin

Alternative forms

• conlūdō

Etymology

From con- ‎(“with, together”) +‎ lūdō ‎(“play”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈluː.doː/, [kɔɫˈɫuː.doː]

Verb

collūdō ‎(present infinitive collūdere, perfect active collūsī, supine collūsum); third conjugation

1. I play or sport together; play with.
2. (law) I keep up false appearances with one to the injury of a third person, have a secret understanding with one, act in collusion with.

Inflection

Derived terms

• collūdium

Descendants

• English: collude
• Italian: colludere
• Spanish: coludir

References

• colludo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colludo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.