No. 551 in Catalan
col
"Col" in Catalan means "cabbage" in English.
In a sentence
La col és una verdura molt nutritiva.
The cabbage is a very nutritious vegetable.
In this sentence, 'col' refers to 'cabbage', a type of vegetable.
Va néixer a Colmar, Alemanya, fa cinquanta anys.
He was born in Colmar, Germany, fifty years ago.
Here, 'col' is part of the word 'Colmar', the name of a city, and does not directly carry meaning by itself.
Tinc una col que necesito reparar abans que plogui.
I have a gutter that I need to repair before it rains.
In this context, 'col' refers to a 'gutter', showcasing the word has multiple meanings depending on the sentence context.
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