overwhelm
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈ(h)wɛlm/ verbo B1En español: apabullar, arrollar, agobiar, abrumar
- To engulf, surge over and submerge. · The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- To overpower, crush. · In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- To overpower emotionally. · He was overwhelmed with guilt.· Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- To cause to surround, to cover.
He/she/it overwhelms · Pasado overwhelmed · Participio pasado overwhelmed · Forma en -ing overwhelming
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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De la biblioteca
The Englishman received his thanks with the phlegm peculiar to his nation; and Morrel, overwhelming him with grateful blessings, conducted him to the staircase.
It was to this apartment he had desired his guest to be shown, with the purpose of overwhelming him at the sight of so much luxury.
Dantès laid the different things he had been looking at on the table, and stood with his head drooping on his breast, as though overwhelmed by the perseverance and strength of Faria’s mind.
As he said this, he became silent and gazed straight before him like one overwhelmed with a strange and amazing thought.
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