La Palabra Del Día "colmar"
colmar ( kohl-MAHR )
(verb) to fill to the top; to fulfill
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Examples:
1: Ponle agua caliente a la taza hasta colmarla.
Put hot water in the cup until it's filled to the brim.
2: Rosa colmó su aspiración de ser ingeniera de software.
Rosa fulfilled her goal of becoming a software engineer.
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Buenos padres tienen sueños para sus hijos; excelentes padres esperan que sus hijos colmarán sus propios sueños.
Good parents have dreams for their children; excellent parents hope that their children will fulfill their own dreams.
Sabemos de la Biblia que la gente colmaba la paciencia de Dios porque quería construir una torre, cuyos picos toca el cielo. Pero Dios frustrado sus esfuerzos les castigado por confundir su idioma, para que no se entienden entre sí y les dispersaba en la Tierra.
We know from the Bible that people tryed God's patience because they wanted to build a tower, whose peaks touch the sky. But God frustrated their efforts, punished them by confusing their language, so that they did not understand each other and scattered them on Earth.
Espero colmar mis aspiraciones de conseguir fluidez en el español. Tengo muchos años del aprendizaje antes de sucederlo esto.
I hope to fulfill my aspirations of achieving fluency in Spanish. I have many years of learning before this happens.
Para colmar tus sueños ,necesita a trabajar más y soñar menos.
To fulfill your dreams, you need to work harder and dream less.
No podria colmar mis padres sueños estar doctor, de todos modos, están contentos de mi trabajo - turismo y mi comprotarse.
I couldn't fulfill my parents dreams of becoming doctor, anyway, they are happy with my tourism job and my behave.
The waiter filled the glass to the brim with water. El camarero colmó agua en un vaso hasta el borde.
¿Es posible que haya colmado su collección de los LEGOs de la Guerra de las Galaxias?
Is it possible that he has filled up his collection of Star Wars LEGOs?
La colmaron de regalos. / They showered her with presents.
You filled the Brita water filter to the brim but it's already empty.
Colmaste el Brita filtro de agua pero ya está vacío.
Usted tiene que colmar la brecha entre sus buenas intenciones y obras reales para tener de la grandeza y el éxito.
You have to bridge the gap between good intentions and actual deeds to have greatness and success.
A veces para colmar un vaso de cerveza es necesario causar que un poco de espuma desborde.
Sometimes in order to fully fill a glass of beer it is necessary to cause a little bit of foam to overflow.
My boss believed that he could fulfill all of their dreams, but the only thing in which he was full of was hot air.
Mi jefe creyó que él podría colmar todos sus sueños, pero la única cosa en la cual él estaba lleno de estaba aire caliente.
"Colmar" is very polite but is not very common. Usually, we use "llenar".
Cuando alguien te dice a colmar tu destino, asegúrate de que el camino que elijas sea el adecuado para ti.
When someone tells you to fulfill your destiny, make sure that the path you choose is the right one for you.
Yo colmé mi caja de almuerzo con los bocadillos.
I filled my lunchbox with snacks.
