See also: colmaré

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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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colmare

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