colmo
Meaning
colmar
- (transitive) to fulfill, satisfy
- (transitive) to fill, fill to the brim
- (transitive) to shower, heap
- (transitive) to overwhelm
Translations
comble
colmo
Gipfel
boordevol
superfluoFrequency
Hyphenated as
col‧mo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkolmo/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish colmo, from Latin cumulus, following metathesis and syncopation, according to Ralph Penny and the Royal Spanish Academy, cf. tolmo from Latin tumulus. Doublet of cúmulo. The phonetically-similar Latin culmen survived as cumbre.
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