to catch ¡Coge la pelota! Catch the ball! La cogieron robando. They caught her stealing. He cogido un resfriado. I’ve caught a cold. Voy a coger el autobús. I’m going to get the bus.
el cohete NOUN
rocket
el cojín (PL los cojines) NOUN
cushion
cojo
cojo can be an adjective or a verb.
A (FEM coja) ADJECTIVE
Es algo cojo. He has a bit of a limp.
B VERB ▷see coger ¡Si te cojo! If I catch you!
la cola NOUN
1 tail
2 queue Había mucha cola para el baño. There was a long queue for the toilets.
3 glue
hacer cola to queue
colarse VERB
to push in No te cueles. Don’t push in. Nos colamos en el cine. We sneaked into the cinema without paying.
el/la colega NOUN
1 mate
2 colleague
el colegio NOUN
school
¿Todavía vas al colegio? Are you still at school? un colegio público a state school
colgar VERB
1 to hang Colguemos el cuadro en esta pared. Let’s hang the picture on this wall. ¡No dejes la chaqueta en la silla, cuélgala! Don’t leave your jacket on the chair, hang it up!
2 to hang up ¡No cuelgues! Don’t hang up! Me colgó el teléfono. He hung up on me.
el collar NOUN
1 necklace
2 collar
el colmo NOUN
¡Esto ya es el colmo! This really is the last straw!
colocar VERB
to put Colocamos la mesa en medio del comedor. We put the table in the middle of the dining room. ¡Colocaos en fila! Get into a line!
la colonia NOUN
perfume ¿Qué colonia llevas? What perfume are you wearing?
una colonia de verano a summer camp
el color NOUN
colour ¿De qué color son? What colour are they? un vestido de color azul a blue dress
la columna NOUN
column
el columpio NOUN
swing
la coma NOUN
comma Separa las palabras con una coma. Separate the words with a comma. cero coma ocho zero point eight
Did you know…?
In Spanish you use a comma instead of a point in decimal numbers.
la comba NOUN
skipping rope
saltar a la comba to skip
el comedor NOUN
1 dining room
2 refectory
comenzar VERB
to begin Comenzó a llover. It began to rain.
comer VERB
1 to eat ¿Quieres comer algo? Do you want something to eat? Le estaba dando de comer a su hijo. She was feeding her son.
2 to have lunch Comimos en el hotel. We had lunch in the hotel. Hemos comido paella. We had paella for lunch. ¿Qué hay para comer? What’s for lunch?
Did you know…?
In Spain, people generally eat later than in the UK. Lunch is usually around two and people tend to have dinner around nine or ten.
cometa
cometa can be a masculine or a feminine noun.
A MASC NOUN
comet
B FEM NOUN
kite
el cómic NOUN
comic
la comida NOUN
1 food La comida del hotel es muy buena. The food in the hotel is very good.
2 lunch La comida es a la una y media. Lunch is at half past one.
