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Y para colmo de males, no nos han pagado en dos meses tampoco.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

And to make it worse, they haven't paid us for two months either.

Notes

Y para colmo es una expresión que significa y encima, es decir, introduce un hecho mucho peor que los citados anteriormente.



Analysis


Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
     5. conj. (informal) well
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
para
     1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient)
     2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
     3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)
     4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected)
     5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)
     6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)
     7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir
     parar
          1. v. to stop, halt
          2. v. to put up, stand up
          3. v. to lift, raise
          4. v. to stand up
          5. v. to situate oneself
          6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas
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
para colmo
     1. adv. (idiom) to top it off, to top it all off, on top of that, to boot, to cap it all, to crown it all, in addition, on top of all that, moreover, besides
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
males
     1. n. plural of mal
     mal
          1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of malo bad; evil
          2. adj. amiss, awry, off, wrong
          3. adv. badly, poorly, ill
          4. adv. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly
          5. adv. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English)
          6. n-m. evil, harm; a bad thing or situation
          7. n-m. disease, illness, ailment
          8. n-m. worse (substantive)
no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
nos
     1. pron. dative of nosotros: to us, for us
     2. pron. accusative of nosotros: us
     3. pron. of nosotros: ourselves; each other
     4. n. plural of no
     no
          1. adv. no
          2. adv. not
          3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
          4. n-m. no
          5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
han
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of haber
     haber
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have
          2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess
          3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
          4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive)
          5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive)
          6. v. used to denote a past obligation
          7. n-m. asset
          8. n-m. history
          9. n-m. credit side
pagado
     1. adj. paid
     2. Participle. past participle of pagar
     pagar
          1. v. to pay
          2. v. to be worthwhile, to have a pay off
en
     1. prep. in, at, on
     2. prep. in (a time)
     3. prep. in (a language)
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
dos
     1. num. two
     2. n. plural of do
     do
          1. n-m. do (musical note)
          2. n-m. C (musical note or key)
          3. adv. (obsolete) where
          4. pron. (obsolete) where
meses
     1. n. plural of mes
     mes
          1. n-m. month
tampoco
     1. adv. neither; nor; also not
     2. adv. either (as well, with implied negative)




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