No. 820 in Croatian
kolega
"Colleague" or "coworker."
In a sentence
Moj kolega iz škole mi je danas pomogao s projektom.
My colleague from school helped me with the project today.
Here, 'kolega' is used to refer to a friend or peer in an educational context, a schoolmate.
Razgovarao sam s kolegom s posla o novom projektu.
I talked with my colleague from work about the new project.
In this sentence, 'kolega' refers to a coworker or someone sharing a professional relationship.
Na konferenciji smo upoznali nekoliko novih kolega iz inozemstva.
At the conference, we met several new colleagues from abroad.
The word 'kolega' is used here to denote professional acquaintances met in an international setting.
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