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Sentence

Esto es el colmo, ¡me largo!

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

This is too much. I'm gone!

Notes

Ser el colmo es una expresión que se usa cuando algo ha llegado a un límite insuperable (tanto positivo como negativo).
Largarse es una expresión coloquial sinónimo de irse.



Analysis


esto
     1. pron. singular of este (this)
es
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
     2. n. plural of e
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
          3. v. to exist; to occur
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
     e
          1. conj. and
el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
colmo
     1. n-m. summit, top
     2. n-m. height
     3. n-m. the extreme of a situation
     4. adj. heaping, protruding at the top
     5. n-m. thatch
     6. n-m. thatched roof
     7. v. first-person singular present indicative of colmar
     colmar
          1. v. to fulfill, satisfy
          2. v. to fill, fill to the brim
          3. v. to shower, heap
          4. v. to overwhelm
me
     1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me
     2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me
     3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself
largo
     1. adj. long (having much distance from one terminating point to another)
     2. adj. long, lengthy, extended, prolonged, protracted, (having great duration)
     3. adj. long, long-running (seemingly lasting a lot of time)
     4. adj. good (slightly larger than the given amount)
     5. n-m. length
     6. n-m. (climbing) pitch
     7. interj. get out!, scram!
     8. interj. get away!
     9. v. first-person singular present indicative of largar
     largar
          1. v. to chase away
          2. v. to let go
          3. v. to release
          4. v. to go away, to scram, get out, shove off




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Y tu mamá también.
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