colmado

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colmado.

Noun

colmado (plural colmados)

1. (Dominican Republic) A corner store.
   • 1997 January 19, Robert W. Boyd, “Coming to Visit”, in soc.culture.‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The beaches are beautiful but the people even more so and I think you will come away with a lot more from your visit if you venture outside the tourist districts. Make an effort to get into the poorer areas which lie on the outskirts of the big cities and spend a day at a colmado.

   • 2010, David Himmelgreen, The Global Food Crisis, page 64:

     Flexibility, fairness, and amicability with customers were extremely important qualities of a successful colmado. At least one colmado in Santa Lucia suffered significant business losses because of development of a reputation for unfairness and inflexibility. The successful long-term capturing of household income by a colmado, largely a byproduct of solid credit relations, directly impacted the colmado's ability to remain in good standing with suppliers with whom they often held debt.

Galician

Etymology

From colmar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kolˈmaðʊ]

Participle

colmado (feminine colmada, masculine plural colmados, feminine plural colmadas)

1. past participle of colmar

Adjective

colmado (feminine colmada, masculine plural colmados, feminine plural colmadas)

1. (of pigs) having spiky hair
2. thatched

Derived terms

• colmadura

Noun

colmado m (plural colmados)

1. (construction) thatched roof

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colmado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colmado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colmado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Participle

colmado (feminine colmada, masculine plural colmados, feminine plural colmadas)

1. past participle of colmar

Spanish

Adjective

colmado (feminine colmada, masculine plural colmados, feminine plural colmadas)

1. full; copious

   Synonyms: abundante, copioso

Derived terms

• colmadamente

 

Noun

colmado m (plural colmados)

1. (Spain) limited corner store
2. (Dominican Republic) local general store that is often also a social gather point

Related terms

• colmadón

 

Participle

colmado (feminine colmada, masculine plural colmados, feminine plural colmadas)

1. past participle of colmar

Further reading

• “colmado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28