coller

colle (“glue”) +‎ -er. First attested in 1320.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.le/

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coller

1. (transitive) to stick (together), to glue

   coller une image sur un mur ― to stick an image on a wall

   Le sang avait collé ses cheveux. ― The blood had stuck his hair together.

2. (transitive) to approach too closely; to be too close

   Ne te colle pas comme ça à moi ! ― Don't stick to me like that!

   Une voiture commence à me coller. ― A car is starting to follow me too closely.

3. (transitive, colloquial) to place
4. (transitive, colloquial) to give; to hand over
5. (intransitive) to fit well; to suit
6. (intransitive, slang) to be dumbfounded; to be in a daze

   Arrête de coller, réveille toi. ― Stop being in a daze, wake up.

7. (reflexive) to be sticky; to stick

   se coller au plafond ― to stick to the ceiling

8. (reflexive, slang) to have an affair

   se coller avec une poulette ― to have an affair with a chick

• “coller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colher, from Latin colligere. Cognate with Portuguese colher, Asturian coyer, and Spanish coger.

• IPA^(key): /koˈʎeɾ/

coller (first-person singular present collo, first-person singular preterite collín, past participle collido, short past participle colleito)

1. (transitive) to grab, to seize

   Synonyms: agarrar, tomar

2. (transitive) to pick up, to collect

   Synonyms: apañar, recoller

3. (transitive) to catch, to capture

   Synonyms: pillar, trincar

4. (transitive) to surprise

   Synonym: cachar

5. (transitive) to reach

   Synonym: alcanzar

6. (intransitive) to fit

   Synonym: caber

7. (transitive, a sickness) to get sick
8. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to spoil; to get infected
9. (intransitive, of cows) to become pregnant
10. (transitive with para) to go to, to leave in direction to

• coller medo
• coller no colo

• colleita
• colleito
• escoller
• recoller

From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, colhar, from Latin cochleārem (“spoon”).

• IPA^(key): /koˈʎɛɾ/

coller f (plural colleres)

1. Alternative form of culler

• “coller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coller” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “coller” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coller” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coller” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

coller

1. Alternative form of coler (“collar”)