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From colmo (“thatch”).

• IPA^(key): /kolˈmaɾ/

colmar (first-person singular present colmo, first-person singular preterite colmei, past participle colmado)

1. to thatch
2. to end the construction of a palleiro (type of haystack)

• colmo (“thatch”)

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “colmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “colmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “colmar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: col‧mar

From colmo.

colmar (first-person singular present colmo, first-person singular preterite colmei, past participle colmado)

1. to thatch (cover with thatch)

From Latin cumulāre. Doublet of cumular.

colmar (first-person singular present colmo, first-person singular preterite colmei, past participle colmado)

1. (literary) to depict or regard as superior; to elevate
2. (literary, figurative) to fill with; to shower with; to provide with in abundance (especially positive things)

• “colmar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “colmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin cumulāre, with syncope of the second ⟨u⟩ and metathesis of /m/ and /l/. Doublet of the borrowed cumular.

• IPA^(key): /kolˈmaɾ/ [kolˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: col‧mar

colmar (first-person singular present colmo, first-person singular preterite colmé, past participle colmado)

1. (transitive) to fulfill, satisfy
2. (transitive) to fill, fill to the brim
3. (transitive) to shower, heap

   El rey lo colmó de favores.

   The king showered him with favours.

4. (transitive) to overwhelm

• “colmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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