English-Spanish translations for climax

• clímax
  Espero que esta cuestión ya haya pasado el clímax y que las emociones se calmen. I hope that this issue has now passed its climax and that emotions will subside.
  También nos preocupa que tenga carencias en coyunturas críticas en el drama político establecido para alcanzar su clímax aquí esta mañana. We are also concerned that you are found wanting at critical junctures in the political drama set to reach its climax here this morning.
  La enmienda presentada por el señor Ferber y el señor Nassauer, con su propósito de rechazar la Posición Común en su conjunto, marca el clímax de esta campaña, y es sinceramente lamentable. The amendment tabled by Mr Ferber and Mr Nassauer, with its aim of rejecting the Common Position as a whole, now marks the climax of this campaign, and it is truly a sad sight.
• colofón

Definition of climax

• A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order
• An instance of such an ascending series
• The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point
• To reach or bring to a climax
• To orgasm; to reach orgasm

Synonyms

• auxesis
• catacosmesis

Related words

• anticlimax
• climaxing
• climax forest