[tbassetto]

And to add some confusion, the French word “collège” is roughly the equivalent of middle school…

[jxub]

This rabbit hole goes deep... In Castillian Spanish "colegio" is often used for primary school, but sometimes as a placeholder name for any kind of compulsory education from preschool up to high school (sometimes in the shortened form "cole").

[CPLX]

While in Spanish colegio is the equivalent of high school.

[kgwgk]

It can also be primary school. In Spain, high school is instituto.

And escuela, like ecole in French or school in English, can refer to primary school or higher education institutions.

[chrisweekly]

And in German, "gymnasium" is high school.

(No wonder the Germans do so well in sports!)

/jk

[jxub]

In Poland "gimnazjum" used to be middle school until recently when the 8 year primary school system was restored because of heavy critique.