colleja

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin caulicla < *caulicula, from Latin cauliculus.

Noun

colleja f (plural collejas)

1. campion

Etymology 2

From cuello.

Noun

colleja f (plural collejas)

1. (colloquial) slap on the nape

Further reading

• “colleja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014