culminate
intransitive verb
culminar
EN He had hardly touched the paper with the point of his twig when a low, wild peal of laughter broke out at a measureless distance away, and growing ever louder, seemed approaching ever nearer; a soulless, heartless, and unjoyous laugh, like that of the loon, solitary by the lakeside at midnight; a laugh which culminated in an unearthly shout close at hand, then died away by slow gradations, as if the accursed being that uttered it had withdrawn over the verge of the world whence it had come.
GL Apenas tocara o papel coa punta da poliña cando unha baixa pero selvaxe gargallada se oíu a unha distancia incalculable e, facéndose cada vez máis audible, parecía que se aproximaba máis e máis: era unha risa sen alma, sen corazón, triste, coma a do mergullón, solitario na beira da lagoa a media noite; unha risa que culminaba nun bramido sobrenatural emitido moi preto, e que logo ía morrendo aos poucos, coma se o maldito ser que a producía se retirase á lindeira do mundo do que procedía.
Fonte: HAL (52)
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