colectivo
noun
a small public bus.
colectivos
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pluralof colectivo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And she must deal with Diosdado Cabello, the interior minister in charge of weapons, military counter intelligence and the paramilitary known as the colectivos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
She knelt in front of the first officer she saw, told him she’d fled the colectivos, and pleaded for a chance to seek asylum.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
The embassy cautioned that “There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of U.S. citizenship or support for the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
"Where are the colectivos? Hidden. Hidden because there is an international observation mission," he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2021
But Papandreou says minivans and their minibus bigger brothers — better known around the world as colectivos, matatus or Jeepneys — are already cheap and ubiquitous, even in their “non-automated, nonelectric, not networked” form.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018
