cumbre
English
editVerb
editcumbre (third-person singular simple present cumbres, present participle cumbring, simple past and past participle cumbred)
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editEtymology
editInherited from Latin culminem, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. The sense of “gathering” is a calque of English summit. Doublet of culmen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcumbre f (plural cumbres)
- summit, peak, top, hilltop (topmost point or surface, especially of a mountain)
- summit (gathering or assembly of leaders)
- 2019 December 5, “Greta Thunberg abandona Lisboa en tren rumbo a Madrid”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- La joven cruzó el Atlántico en 21 días a bordo de un catamarán con el objetivo de llegar a Madrid para participar en la Marcha por el Clima y en la Cumbre sobre Cambio Climático.
- The young lady crossed the Atlantic in 21 days aboard a catamaran with the goal of arriving in Madrid to participate in the March for Climate and the Climate Change Summit.
- (figuratively) apex, acme
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editAdjective
editcumbre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cumbres)
- main; primary; culminating; peak
- Synonym: colmo
Further reading
edit- “cumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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