colete

Borrowed from French collet, from Italian colletto.^[1][2] Ultimately from Latin collum (“neck”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: co‧le‧te

colete m (plural coletes)

1. waistcoat
2. Ellipsis of colete à prova de balas.

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: co‧le‧te

colete

1. inflection of coletar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative