colar

to sift, to strain, to filter

2,001–3,000 #2,235

Meanings

verb

  1. to sift, to strain, to filter
  2. Cuba, Dominican Republic to prepare coffee
  3. colloquial to dupe, hoodwink
  4. colloquial to missay, say wrongly
  5. colloquial, reflexive to fall for, fall in love
  6. colloquial, reflexive to sneak into, to crash
  7. to sift through, comb through

verb

  1. to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)

Conjugation

Gerund colando · past participle colado

Indicative

presentimperfectpreteritefutureconditional
yocuelocolabacolécolarécolaría
túcuelascolabascolastecolaráscolarías
voscoláscolabascolastecolaráscolarías
él, ella, ustedcuelacolabacolócolarácolaría
nosotroscolamoscolábamoscolamoscolaremoscolaríamos
vosotroscoláiscolabaiscolasteiscolaréiscolaríais
ellos, ellas, ustedescuelancolabancolaroncolaráncolarían

Subjunctive

presentimperfect (-ra)imperfect (-se)future
yocuelecolaracolasecolare
túcuelescolarascolasescolares
voscoléscolarascolasescolares
él, ella, ustedcuelecolaracolasecolare
nosotroscolemoscoláramoscolásemoscoláremos
vosotroscoléiscolaraiscolaseiscolareis
ellos, ellas, ustedescuelencolarancolasencolaren

Imperative

affirmativenegative
túcuelano cueles
voscolá
ustedcueleno cuele
nosotroscolemosno colemos
vosotroscoladno coléis
ustedescuelenno cuelen

In sentences

No me gusta el cole. I don't like school. #1287315

No quiero ir al cole. I don't want to go to school. #1384673

Está colado por ella. He's crazy for her. #3217192

Nos vemos en el cole. See you at school. #10508386

Hoy no quiero ir al cole. Today, I do not want to go to school. #7974085

¿Te estás colando por Tom? Are you falling for Tom? #2943748

¿Cómo pudiste colarte aquí? How were you able to sneak in here? #8950528

Odio a la gente que se cuela. I hate people that cut in lines. #10631505