colectivo

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colectivo

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish colectivo. In reference to shared taxis, clipping of taxi colectivo. Doublet of collective.

noun colectivos

A kind of bus or shared taxi in South America.
A government-backed far-left paramilitary group in Venezuela

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"colectivo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/colectivo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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colectivo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/colectivo

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"colectivo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colectivo.

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@misc{colectivo_2026,
  title = {colectivo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colectivo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}