colmare

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See also: colmaré

Italian

Etymology

Probably from colmo, or alternatively, and less likely, from Latin cumulāre. Compare Spanish colmar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: col‧mà‧re

Verb

colmàre (first-person singular present cólmo, first-person singular past historic colmài, past participle colmàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to fill up (a glass, jar, etc.) to the brim
  2. to fill (a depression or fossa in the ground) with soil or other materials
    colmare l'avvallamentoto fill a depression in the ground
  3. (figurative, by extension) to give abundantly
    mi ha colmato di cibo
    he gave me an abundance of food
  4. (figurative, by extension) to fill (someone) (with an emotion)
    questa notizia mi colma di felicità
    this information fills me with happiness

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Spanish

Verb

colmare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of colmar