colimba

Spanish

Etymology

From a vesre form of milico, reformed as an acronym (or possibly backronym) for COrre, LIMpia, BArre (run, clean, sweep).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈlimba/ [koˈlĩm.ba]
Rhymes: -imba
Syllabification: co‧lim‧ba

Noun

colimba m (plural colimbas)

(vesre, Argentina) military conscript

Further reading

“colimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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