"colega" meaning in Portuguese

See colega in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /koˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /koˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [Brazil], /koˈlɛ.ɡa/ [Southern-Brazil], /kuˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [Portugal], [kuˈlɛ.ɣɐ] [Portugal] Forms: colegas [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”). Etymology templates: {{root|pt|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{lbor|pt|la|collēga|t=a partner in office}} Learned borrowing from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} colega m or f by sense (plural colegas)
  1. colleague (fellow member of a profession or staff) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: companheiro, confrade
    Sense id: en-colega-pt-noun-GZaCKjwe Categories (other): Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 25 34 41
  2. classmate Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-colega-pt-noun-Zvm5jd52 Categories (other): Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 25 34 41
  3. buddy, friend Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: amigo, companheiro, camarada
    Sense id: en-colega-pt-noun-YELWUOJq Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 67 Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 24 32 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: collega (alt: pre-reform) Related terms: colégio, coleguismo, colegagem

Inflected forms

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          "english": "He recognized only that she was slightly more pretty than most of her colleagues.",
          "ref": "1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]^(https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Contos_e_phantasias_(Maria_Amália_Vaz_de_Carvalho,_1905)), 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 210:",
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      "word": "collega"
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