To cap it all off

JPablo

July 05, 2010 09:41 PM

To cap it all off

(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?

irmamar

July 06, 2010 01:49 AM

¿Como colofón? :thinking: :)

JPablo

July 06, 2010 02:24 AM

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. :)

chileno

July 06, 2010 08:47 AM

Rato que no escuchaba esa palabra (colofón)

Gracias.

poli	July 06, 2010 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 87936)

I think it there is a phrase with faena in it, but I can't remember it:thinking:.
Anyway it wouldn't work in Latin America.

JPablo

July 06, 2010 10:24 PM

"Para terminar la faena". Gracias, Poli, me había olvidado de esa... Puede funcionar en algún contexto. :)

AngelicaDeAlquezar

July 07, 2010 07:50 AM

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

JPablo

July 07, 2010 09:49 AM

Muchas gracias. ¡Buena inspiración en esos threads! :)

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