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colono

colono

Italian

Noun

colono m (plural coloni)

  1. colonist, settler
  2. farmer

Latin

Noun

colōnō

  1. dative singular of colōnus
  2. ablative singular of colōnus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin colōnus (farmer; colonist), from colō (till, cultivate, worship), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

Pronunciation

Noun

colono m (plural colonos)

  1. colonist (a founder or member of a colony)
  2. (Brazil) an immigrant farmer, especially from an European country

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Spanish

Noun

colono m (plural colonos, feminine colona)

  1. colonist, settler
  2. farmer that normally lives and works on the same land.

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