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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
Verb
colmàre (first-person singular present cólmo, first-person singular past historic colmài, past participle colmàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to fill up (a glass, jar, etc.) to the brim
- to fill (a depression or fossa in the ground) with soil or other materials
- colmare l'avvallamento ― to fill a depression in the ground
- (figurative, by extension) to give abundantly
- mi ha colmato di cibo
- he gave me an abundance of food
- (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
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