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(crown, complete) rematar, coronar; to cap it all off o (BrE) to cap it all … para colmo (de desgracias or de males) …, para rematarla … (fam)
My question here is that "coronarlo" has a 'negative' connotation in Spanish (as in 'para colmo') Para coronarlo. Expresión de énfasis que precede a la de algo que se añade todavía a una cosa que ya resulta excesiva o es motivo de disgusto. Would it be there another Spanish expression emphasizing the positive aspect of 'bringing something to an apex/culmination/perfection, you name it? I thought of 'para llevarlo a su máxima expresión'. Any other ideas?
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¿Como colofón?
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Hey, Irmamar, great idea. (It will not work in the middle of a speech or a chapter, but it definitely works at the end.) Thank you.
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Rato que no escuchaba esa palabra (colofón)
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"Para terminar la faena". Gracias, Poli, me había olvidado de esa... Puede funcionar en algún contexto.
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Maybe in these threads there will be some more ideas on the topic:
http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=6019 http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=7285
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Muchas gracias. ¡Buena inspiración en esos threads!
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