colla — Italian dictionary

Meaning · noun

glue

Hai della colla? Devo attaccare questo foglio.
Do you have any glue? I need to stick this sheet on.

Non usare troppa colla, il foglio si rovina.
Don't use too much glue, the sheet gets ruined.

Questa colla asciuga molto rapidamente.
This glue dries very quickly.

Word forms (2)

Word	Word forms
colla	feminine · singular
colle	feminine · plural

For everyday 'glue,' use colla. Glue stick is colla stick; school glue is colla vinilica. Avoid using adesivo unless you mean sticker or adhesive label.
Colla is feminine: la colla, della colla. Usually uncountable in general use, but countable when referring to types: colle industriali.
The sail-rope meaning is nautical and rare outside specialist contexts. Most learners will only need the everyday craft or repair sense.

with the

Ho incollato il foglio colla scuola per sbaglio.
I accidentally glued the sheet to the school thing.

Vieni colla tua amica o da solo?
Are you coming with your friend or alone?

Cammina colla testa bassa.
He walks with his head down.

As a preposition, colla is an old-fashioned contraction of con la. In modern Italian, write con la instead.
You may still see colla in older literature, poetry, or fixed stylistic contexts, but it sounds archaic in everyday speech.
Do not confuse adpositional colla with the noun colla meaning glue; context and part of speech are different.