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cola

/ˈkola/

noun, feminine/ˈkola/plural: colas

tail; line (US), queue (UK); empennage, aircraft tail; train (long back section of a gown); coma (a comet's tail)

Synonyms: rabo, fila, coma, colihue

Inherited from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue, Catalan cua, Aragonese coda and Italian coda.

noun, feminine/ˈkola/plural: colas

glue (natural)

Synonyms: pegamento, engrudo

Related: cola de boca, cola de retal, cola fría, no pegar ni con cola

Inherited from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla). Cognate to Portuguese cola, Italian colla, French colle.

noun, feminine/ˈkola/plural: colas

ellipsis of bebida de cola (“cola”); kola; kola tree

From a Niger-Congo language.