noun, masculine/ˈkolmo/plural: colmos
summit, top; height; the extreme of a situation
“Esto es el colmo. ¡Me largo!” — This is too much. I'm gone!
Inherited from Old Spanish colmo, from Latin cumulus, following metathesis and syncopation, according to Ralph Penny and the Royal Spanish Academy, cf. tolmo from Latin tumulus. Doublet of cúmulo. The phonetically-similar Latin culmen survived as cumbre.
adjective/ˈkolmo/
heaping, protruding at the top
“fanega colma” — protruding bushel
Inherited from Old Spanish colmo, from Latin cumulus, following metathesis and syncopation, according to Ralph Penny and the Royal Spanish Academy, cf. tolmo from Latin tumulus. Doublet of cúmulo. The phonetically-similar Latin culmen survived as cumbre.
noun, masculine/ˈkolmo/plural: colmos
thatch; thatched roof
Inherited from Latin culmus.