colita

English

Noun

colita (plural colitas)

1. (informal) The fag-end of a cannabis joint
   • 1976, Don Felder; Don Henley; and Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Hotel California, in "Hotel California":

     On a dark desert highway / Cool wind in my hair / Warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cola

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish -ita

Spanish colita

From cola (“tail”) + -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlita/ [koˈli.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: co‧li‧ta

Noun

colita f (plural colitas)

1. diminutive of cola
2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) ponytail
   1. (Rioplatense) hair tie
3. (derogatory, Chile) fagboy, gayboy
4. (Central America) tailbone
   1. (euphemistic, informal, Costa Rica, Uruguay) rear, behind
5. (slang) end tip of a cannabis flower bud

Derived terms

• sana, sana, colita de rana

Further reading

• “colita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025