English

Noun

colocolo ‎(plural colocolos)

1. Leopardus colocolo, a small striped cat native to the western central South America

Translations

Portuguese

colocolo (1)

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish colocolo ‎(“colocolo cat, rarely also refers to the monito del monte”), from Mapudungun Colo Colo ‎(“a creature in Mapuche mythology”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.lo.ˈkɔ.lo/

Noun

colocolo m (plural colocolos)

1. monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)
2. colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)

Synonyms

• (cat) gato-palheiro