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las colas

tails, queues, lines, colas

→ cola
cola line, queue + s Plural
noun · plural feminine Rare #33,709
tails Also used for animal tails.
SP: Los perros mueven las colas cuando están contentos.
EN: Dogs wag their tails when they’re happy.
queues, lines In this sense, common in Spain; in much of Latin America, fila is more usual.
SP: Había muchas personas esperando en las colas.
EN: There were lots of people waiting in the lines.
colas A cola is a sweet, dark fizzy drink.
SP: No compramos colas para la fiesta.
EN: We didn’t buy colas for the party.
Declension of cola
colacolas

Sus colas son débiles.

Their tails are weak.

— Avatar: El camino del agua (2022)

No servimos colas.

We don't serve cola.

— Dos son familia (2016)

Había colas largas en los supermercados.

There were long queues at the supermarkets.

Hay colas absurdas.

There are absurd queues.

¿Cuántas colas tiene esa cosa?

How many tails does that thing have?

— El Huésped (2006)

Como perro con dos colas.

Like a dog with two tails.

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

No me gusta hacer colas.

I don't like waiting in line.

Su pasado de pobreza, colas interminables para comprar pan.

His past of poverty, endless lines to buy bread.

— No (2012)

Odio perder el tiempo esperando en colas interminables sin saber cuánto falta.

I hate wasting time waiting in endless queues without knowing how much longer it will take.