colar
Meanings
Verb
1. to sift, to strain, to filter
2. to prepare coffee (Dominican Republic, Cuba)
3. to dupe, hoodwink (colloquial)
4. to missay, say wrongly (colloquial)
5. to fall for, fall in love (reflexive, colloquial)
6. to sneak into, to crash (reflexive, colloquial)
7. to sift through, comb through
8. to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit) (Christianity)
Examples12
¿Cómo pudiste colarte aquí?
How were you able to sneak in here?
Señor, no se cuele, que ahora me toca a mí.
Sir, don't strain yourself. It's my turn now.
¿Te estás colando por Tom?
Are you falling for Tom?
Te la han colado.
They've duped you.
Odio a la gente que se cuela.
I hate people that cut in lines.
Me colé.
I snuck in.