Italian

Adjective

colmo m ‎(feminine singular colma, masculine plural colmi, feminine plural colme) (di)

1. full (of)

Etymology 2

From Latin culmen. Possibly influenced by cumulus or culmus phonetically. Compare Spanish colmo.

Noun

colmo m ‎(plural colmi)

1. summit, top, acme
2. height
3. limit
4. ridge

Verb

colmo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colmare

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin culmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɫ.mu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.mu/
• Hyphenation: col‧mo

Noun

colmo m (plural colmos)

1. (uncountable) cane (slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo)
2. (countable, botany) reed (hollow stem)
3. thatch (straw for covering roofs or stacks)

Synonyms

• (reed): cana

Related terms

• colmeia

Verb

colmo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of colmar

   Eu colmo o telhado.

   I thatch the roof.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cumulus, according to the Real Academia Española ^[1].

Adjective

colmo m, f ‎(plural colmos)

1. summit, top
2. height

Derived terms

• para colmo

Related terms

• colmar
• culminación

Noun

colmo m ‎(plural colmos)

1. the extreme of a situation

   Esto es el colmo. ¡Me largo! - This is too much. I'm gone!

   Ya has llegado al colmo con tu actitud. - You've already crossed the line with your attitude.

   para colmo (de males) - to cap/top it all

   Y para colmo de males, no nos han pagado en dos meses tampoco. - And to make it worse, they haven't paid us for two months either.

Verb

colmo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of colmar.

References

1. ↑ colmo