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colección

collection

noun koh-lek-SYOHN Less Common

Usage Note

Colección refers to a curated set of items — artworks, stamps, fashion lines — and by extension a book series or publishing imprint. The verb is coleccionar and the person is coleccionista. It is a false-cognate trap: in Spanish it never means 'collecting a debt' (that is cobrar).

Examples

"Tiene una colección de monedas antiguas."

Natural Translation

She has a collection of old coins.

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