What does «colisa» mean in Spanish?
- Horizontally rotating platform, on which the carriage, without wheels, of an artillery gun is placed.
- The same cannon mounted that way.
- Bread of quadrangular shape, flat, large, soft crumb and in sheets like the hallulla.
♦ Used in: Bolivia - Chile - Peru
Examples of use in Spanish: "preparé colisa al ajo".
- Small bundle.
♦ Used in: Chile - Straw hat.
♦ Used in: Chile - A genus of tropical fish of the family Anabantoidei, also known as Guramis. They are used as aquarium fish because of their attractiveness. For example, the Thrichogaster lalius, also known as Colisa lalia or dwarf gourami, is somewhat transparent blue, vertically striped with a reddish and dark orange color. Others very common among aquarists are the cobalt gourami (Colisa lalia var.) and the red gourami (Colisa chuna). In the wild they are found from Bengal (India) to Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand.
- Homosexual.
♦ Used in: Chile - (escalera colisa / coliza) Double-span ladder that can be deployed by sliding one span over the other to almost double its length.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Uruguay
Examples of use in Spanish: "compré una escalera colisa de aluminio de 4 metros".