colmar
Spanish, verb/kolˈmaɾ/
colmar is spelled C-O-L-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colmar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fulfill, satisfy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llenar una medida, un cajón, un cesto, etc., de modo que lo que se echa en ellos exceda su capacidad y…”.
What does colmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fulfill, satisfy
- 2
to fill, fill to the brim
- 3
to shower, heap
El rey lo colmó de favores.
- 4
to overwhelm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llenar una medida, un cajón, un cesto, etc., de modo que lo que se echa en ellos exceda su capacidad y levante más que los bordes. 2. Llenar las cámaras o trojes. 3. Dar con abundancia. 4. Satisfacer por completo anhelos, sueños o aspiraciones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colmar
- colmo first-person present singular
- colmé first-person preterite singular
- colmado participle past
- colmando gerund
- colmada feminine participle past
- colmados masculine participle past
- colmadas feminine participle past
- colmas indicative informal present
- colmás indicative informal present
- colma indicative present singular
- colmamos first-person indicative plural
- colmáis indicative plural present
- colman indicative plural present
- colmaba first-person imperfect indicative
- colmabas imperfect indicative second-person
- colmábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- colmabais imperfect indicative plural
- colmaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colmar?
- /kolˈmaɾ/
- [kolˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colmar in Spanish?
colmar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).