WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| colegio nm | (institución de enseñanza) | school n |
| | (lower grades) | primary school, elementary school n |
| | (middle or upper grades) | secondary school n |
| | (US, upper grades) | high school n |
| | Le enseñaron a sumar en el colegio. |
| | They taught him to add at school. |
| colegio nm | (edificio de escuela) | school building, school n |
| | (small) | schoolhouse n |
| | Están pintando el colegio. |
| | They're painting the school. |
| Additional Translations |
| colegio nm | (asociación profesional) (lawyers) | bar association n |
| | (doctors) | college n |
| | (general) | association n |
| | (trades) | guild, chartered institute n |
| | Lo mejor es que te inscribas en el colegio de abogados al terminar la carrera. |
| | You need to be admitted to the bar association after you earn your law degree. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| colegiarse⇒ v prnl | (inscribirse en un gremio) (professional association) | become a member v expr |
| | (trade union) | join⇒ vtr |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Compound Forms:
colegio | colegiar |
| bata de colegio nf + loc adj | (babero de alumno) | school smock, school gown n |
| | El pequeño Tomás manchó su bata de colegio con chocolate. |
| | Little Tomas stained his school smock with chocolate. |
cambiar de escuela,
cambiar de colegio loc verb | (ir a otra escuela) | change school vtr + n |
| | Martín cambió de escuela a sus hijos. |
| | Martin changed his children's school. |
| colegio de abogados nm + loc adj | (agrupación de abogados) | bar association n |
| | Para ejercer la profesión, la ley exige que todos los abogados se incorporen al colegio de abogados. |
| | In order to practice the profession, the law requires all lawyers to join the bar association. |
| colegio de médicos loc nom m | (agrupación de doctores) | college of physicians n |
| | El juramento hipocrático es la norma principal del colegio de médicos. |
| | The Hippocratic oath is the primary standard of the college of physicians. |
| colegio de periodistas loc nom m | (organización gremial) | Press Club n |
| | Me han nombrado miembro de honor del colegio de periodistas. |
| colegio electoral nm + adj mf | (lugar donde se vota) (voting: US) | polling place n |
| | (US political system) | Electoral College n |
| | (voting: UK) | polling station n |
| | A ti te corresponde el colegio electoral de la esquina. |
| | Your polling place is on the corner. |
| colegio electoral nm + adj mf | (sufragio indirecto: cuerpo elector) | electoral college n |
colegio mayor,
colegio mayor universitario loc nom m | ES (institución universitaria) (US) | residence hall n |
| | (US, informal) | dorm n |
| | (UK) | university residence, student housing n |
| | (UK) | halls of residence npl |
| | El colegio mayor queda a solo cinco minutos del campus. |
| | The residence hall is just five minutes from the campus. |
colegio mayor universitario,
colegio mayor grupo nom | (alojamiento para estudiantes) (US) | residence hall n |
| | (US, informal) | university dorm, college dorm n |
| | (UK) | university residence, student housing n |
| | (UK) | halls of residence npl |
| colegio privado nm + adj | (escuela sin subvención) | private school n |
| | Mis hijos estudian en un colegio privado. |
| | My children study at a private school. |
| colegio público nm + adj | (escuela del Estado) (US) | public school n |
| | (UK) | state school n |
| | Los maestros hicieron una marcha en defensa del colegio público. |
| | The teachers organized a march in defense of public schools. |
| | The teachers organised a march in defence of state schools. |
| vuelta al colegio nf + loc adj | (inicio del curso) | back to school adv |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. September is the month when many children go back to school. |