Colmado in english
pronunciation: groʊsɜristɔr part of speech: noun
colmado = heaped.
Example: One portion is equivalent to 80 grams (about 3 ounces) or a heaped handful.more:
» colmado de éxitos = crowned with + success .
Example: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.» cuchara colmada = heaped tablespoon ; heaped spoonful ; rounded spoonful .
Example: A heaped tablespoon of sugar should be about 20 g. Example: Beat the eggs together with a heaped spoonful of flour and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Example: When ingredients are given in spoonfuls, you should use a level spoonful; a rounded spoonful can be twice as much as a level spoonful and would affect the taste.» cucharada colmada = rounded spoonful ; heaped spoonful ; heaped tablespoon .
Example: When ingredients are given in spoonfuls, you should use a level spoonful; a rounded spoonful can be twice as much as a level spoonful and would affect the taste. Example: Beat the eggs together with a heaped spoonful of flour and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Example: A heaped tablespoon of sugar should be about 20 g.» estar colmado de posibilidades = brim with + potential .
Example: Africa as a continent is brimming with potential, a place that has so much just waiting to be grasped.colmar = smother ; top off ; fill up.
Example: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust.Example: They topped off their glasses and grabbed a few fistfuls of the remaining delicacies.Example: Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.more:
» colmar de = shower + Nombre + with .
Example: She said when they first became a couple Campbell would shower her with gifts and that she 'was under his spell'.» colmar de alabanzas = heap (up) + praise on/upon .
Example: It's been a while since pop-music writers have heaped praise on a blues guitarist as the next big thing.» colmar de alegría = fill + Nombre + with joy .
Example: Besides this was the first time she was travelling abroad and the prospect of seeing a foreign land seemed to fill her up with joy.» colmar de atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness ; smother + Nombre + with kindness .
Example: But somewhere between killing them with kindness and berating them at boot camps, there must be another way. Example: Her father is no ogre, but since her mother and sister's died her father has basically smothered her with kindness, not allowing her any freedom.» colmar de elogios = heap (up) + praise on/upon .
Example: It's been a while since pop-music writers have heaped praise on a blues guitarist as the next big thing.» colmar de favores = heap (up) + favours on/upon .
Example: Domitian had been arbitrary and high-handed, and had heaped favours on the soldiery while humiliating the senate.» la gota que colmó el vaso = the straw that broke the camel's back .
Example: They've had their differences of opinion, but recently there was a blow-up that was the straw that broke the camel's back.» ser la gota que colma el vaso = bring + the situation to a head .
Example: But it was the government, rather than the workers and their bosses, who brought the situation to a head.