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1 avasallante
• overpowering -
2 apabullante
adj.overwhelming.* * *► adjetivo1 (victoria, éxito) resounding, overwhelming; (persona) overpowering* * *adj.* * *ADJ shattering, crushing, overwhelming* * *adjetivo <victoria/éxito> resounding, overwhelming; <rapidez/habilidad> incredible, extraordinary; < personalidad> overpowering* * *= bewildering, crushing, stunning, overwhelming.Ex. The citation of conference proceedings poses unique and potentially bewildering problems.Ex. The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* * *adjetivo <victoria/éxito> resounding, overwhelming; <rapidez/habilidad> incredible, extraordinary; < personalidad> overpowering* * *= bewildering, crushing, stunning, overwhelming.Ex: The citation of conference proceedings poses unique and potentially bewildering problems.
Ex: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.Ex: The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* * *1 ‹victoria› resounding ( before n), overwhelming, crushing; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), overwhelming; ‹rapidez/habilidad› incredible, extraordinary2 ‹personalidad› overpowering* * *
apabullante adjetivo ‹victoria/éxito› resounding ( before n), overwhelming;
‹rapidez/habilidad› incredible, extraordinary;
‹ personalidad› overpowering
apabullante adj fam
1 (aplastante, arrollador) overwhelming
2 (personalidad) overpowering
' apabullante' also found in these entries:
English:
anguish
- bewildering
- crushing
- devastating
- over
* * *apabullante adj[victoria, éxito] overwhelming; [edificio, película] stunning, breathtaking; [rapidez, habilidad] breathtaking, astonishing;es de una simpatía apabullante he's extremely friendly* * *adj overwhelming* * *apabullante adj: overwhelming, crushing -
3 arrollador
adj.1 vast, overwhelming.2 sweeping, devastating, complete.3 rolling, winding.m.windlass.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, irresistible* * *(f. - arrolladora)adj.* * *ADJtenía una personalidad arrolladora — she had an overwhelming o overpowering personality
* * *- dora adjetivob) <fuerza/ataque> devastatingc) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering* * *= overwhelming.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.----* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.* * *- dora adjetivob) <fuerza/ataque> devastatingc) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering* * *= overwhelming.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.* * *1 ‹éxito› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹victoria› crushing, overwhelmingganaron por una mayoría arrolladora they won by an overwhelming majority2 ‹fuerza/viento/ataque› devastating3 ‹personalidad/elocuencia› overpowering* * *
arrollador◊ - dora adjetivo
arrollador,-ora adj fig overwhelming
(éxito) resounding
(carácter) captivating
' arrollador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apabullante
- arrolladora
English:
devastating
- hugely
- whirl
* * *arrollador, -ora adj[victoria] crushing, overwhelming; [superioridad] overwhelming; [éxito] resounding, overwhelming; [belleza, personalidad] dazzling;es de una simpatía arrolladora she's an incredibly nice person* * *adj overwhelming* * *arrollador, - dora adj: sweeping, overwhelming -
4 agobiante
adj.1 overwhelming.2 exhausting, backbreaking, tough, arduous.3 tiresome.* * *► adjetivo1 (cansado) backbreaking, exhausting2 (abrumado) overwhelming4 (persona) tiresome, tiring* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) [calor, ambiente, lugar] oppressiveun día de verano agobiante — a stifling o sweltering summer's day
2) (=insoportable) [trabajo, día] stressful; [pena, ritmo] unbearable; [responsabilidad] overwhelminges agobiante verla sufrir y no poder hacer nada — it's unbearable watching her suffer and being unable to do anything
* * *es una carga agobiante para él — it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him
* * *= oppressive, overpowering, stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], crippling, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.Ex. Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.Ex. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex. He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* * *es una carga agobiante para él — it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him
* * *= oppressive, overpowering, stifling, suffocating, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], crippling, gut-wrenching, nightmarish.Ex: Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.
Ex: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* * *adj,hacía un calor agobiante it was stifling o oppressively hotresultó ser una carga agobiante para él it turned out to be a terrible o crushing burden on him* * *
agobiante,
‹ calor› stifling;◊ es una carga agobiante para él it's/he's/she's a terrible burden on him
agobiante adjetivo
1 (trabajo) overwhelming
2 (espacio cerrado) claustrophobic
3 (clima, temperatura) oppressive
4 (persona) tiresome, tiring
' agobiante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calor
English:
boiling
- burdensome
- oppressive
- stifling
- suffocating
- crippling
* * *agobiante adj[presión, trabajo, persona] overwhelming; [calor] stifling; [ambiente] oppressive;problemas agobiantes overwhelming problems;trabajo agobiante backbreaking work* * *adj1 trabajo exhausting2 calor stifling* * *agobiante adj1) : exhausting, overwhelming2) : stifling, oppressive -
5 aplastante
adj.1 crushing, overwhelming (victoria, derrota).2 large.* * *► adjetivo1 crushing, overwhelming\triunfo/victoria aplastante (electoral) landslide victory* * *adj.overwhelming, crushing, sweeping* * *ADJ overwhelming, crushing* * *adjetivo < mayoría> overwhelming; <victoria/derrota> overwhelming, crushing; < lógica> devastating* * *= overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex. The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.----* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.* * *adjetivo < mayoría> overwhelming; <victoria/derrota> overwhelming, crushing; < lógica> devastating* * *= overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
Ex: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.* * *‹mayoría› overwhelming; ‹victoria› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹derrota› crushingrebatió todos sus argumentos con una lógica aplastante she refuted all his arguments with devastating logic* * *
aplastante adjetivo ‹ mayoría› overwhelming;
‹victoria/derrota› overwhelming, crushing;
‹ lógica› devastating
aplastante adjetivo crushing
Pol victoria aplastante, landslide victory
' aplastante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apabullante
- coherencia
English:
crushing
- landslide victory
- overwhelming
- devastating
- land
- over
- rout
* * *aplastante adj[victoria, derrota] crushing, overwhelming; [apoyo, mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming;esa argumentación es de una lógica aplastante that line of reasoning is devastating in its logic* * *adj overwhelming; calor suffocating;una mayoría aplastante an overwhelming majority* * *aplastante adj: crushing, overwhelming* * *aplastante adj (victoria) overwhelming -
6 avasallador
adj.overpowering, domineering, relentless.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, overpowering* * *ADJ overwhelming* * *- dora, avasallante adjetivoa) <persona/actitud> domineering, overbearingb) < triunfo> resounding* * *= overbearing, overwhelming.Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* * *- dora, avasallante adjetivoa) <persona/actitud> domineering, overbearingb) < triunfo> resounding* * *= overbearing, overwhelming.Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* * *1 ‹persona/actitud› domineering, overbearingla fuerza avasalladora del mar embravecido the overwhelming o overpowering force of the stormy sea2 ‹triunfo› resounding ( before n)* * *
avasallador◊ - dora, avasallante adjetivo
* * *avasallador, -ora♦ adjoverwhelming♦ nm,fslave-driver* * *adj domineering* * *avasallador, - dora adj: overwhelming -
7 colocarse en la posición de
(v.) = place + Reflexivo + in the position ofEx. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.* * *(v.) = place + Reflexivo + in the position ofEx: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
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8 ponerse en el lugar de
(v.) = place + Reflexivo + in the position of, put + Reflexivo + in the position ofEx. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.Ex. Library staff can work towards this by putting themselves in the position of the users.* * *(v.) = place + Reflexivo + in the position of, put + Reflexivo + in the position ofEx: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
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9 abrumador
adj.1 overwhelming, mind-boggling, overpowering, staggering.2 overwhelming, total, crushing, large.m.oppressor.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, crushing* * *(f. - abrumadora)adj.devastating, overwhelming, crushing* * *ADJ1) (=agobiante) crushing; (=pesado) burdensome2) (=importante) [mayoría] overwhelming; [superioridad] crushing, overwhelming* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex. It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.Ex. The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.----* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex: It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.
Ex: The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *1 ‹victoria/mayoría› overwhelming2 ‹trabajo/tarea› exhausting, tiring; ‹responsabilidad/carga› onerous, heavy* * *
abrumador◊ - dora adjetivo
abrumador,-ora adjetivo overwhelming
' abrumador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrumadora
- experimentar
English:
grief
- devastating
* * *abrumador, -ora adj[mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming; [victoria] crushing;sus productos dominan de forma abrumadora el mercado their products completely dominate the market* * *adj overwhelming* * *: crushing, overwhelming -
10 demoledor
adj.devastating, smashing, demolishing, knockout.m.demolisher, housebreaker, wrecker.* * *► adjetivo1 demolishing2 figurado devastating* * *ADJ1) [ataque, efecto] shattering2) (=destructivo) [argumento] overwhelming; [crítica] devastating* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.----* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *1 ‹máquina› demolition ( before n)2 ‹ataque/fuerza› devastating3 ‹crítica/testimonio› devastating* * *
demoledor◊ - dora adjetivo
demoledor,-ora adj fig devastating
' demoledor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demoledora
English:
devastating
* * *demoledor, -ora adj1. [huracán, terremoto, inundaciones] devastating;[energía, empuje, fuerza] overwhelming, overpowering2. [crítica, ataque, declaración] devastating3. [argumento] overwhelming, crushing* * *adj demolition atr ; figdevastating* * *: devastating -
11 tumbar
v.1 to knock over or down.2 to fail (informal) (suspender).3 to shake up and down, to jolt, to jounce.* * *1 (derribar) to knock out, knock over3 figurado (perder el sentido) to knock out1 (caer a tierra) to fall down1 (acostarse) to lie down, stretch out2 (arrellanarse) to lounge, lie back\tumbarse a la bartola familiar to laze around* * *verb- tumbarse* * *1. VT1) (=derribar) [+ persona] to knock down, knock over; [+ puerta] [a golpes] to batter down; [a patadas] to kick down o in; [viento] to blow down2) ** (=matar) to do in **3) * [olor] to knock back *un olor que te tumba — * an overpowering smell, a smell which knocks you back *
4) (=impresionar) to amaze, overwhelmsu presunción tumbó a todos — his conceit amazed everybody, his conceit knocked everybody sideways
5) *** (=copular) to lay **, screw ***6) * (=suspender) to fail, flunk (EEUU)2. VI1) (=caerse) to fall down2) (Náut) to capsize3) * (=impresionar)3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( derribar) to knock downb) (AmL) < árbol> to fell, cut down; <muro/casa> to knock down2) (Esp arg) ( en un examen) to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)3) (Col fam)a) ( matar) to bump off (colloq)b) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq)2.tumbarse v pron to lie down* * *= lay + flat, knock out.Ex. Some libraries have horizontal map chests where maps are laid flat in drawers.Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.----* tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tumbarse = stretch out, lie down, sprawl.* tumbarse de espaldas = lie on + Posesivo + back.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( derribar) to knock downb) (AmL) < árbol> to fell, cut down; <muro/casa> to knock down2) (Esp arg) ( en un examen) to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)3) (Col fam)a) ( matar) to bump off (colloq)b) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq)2.tumbarse v pron to lie down* * *= lay + flat, knock out.Ex: Some libraries have horizontal map chests where maps are laid flat in drawers.
Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.* tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor, knock + Nombre + to the ground.* tumbarse = stretch out, lie down, sprawl.* tumbarse de espaldas = lie on + Posesivo + back.* * *tumbar [A1 ]vtA1 (derribar) to knock downlo tumbó al suelo de un golpe he punched him to the floor, he hit him and knocked him to the floortumbó la puerta de una patada he kicked the door downun olor a sudor que te tumbaba a smell of sweat that was enough to knock you backward(s)deben unirse para tumbar al gobierno they must unite to bring down the government2 ( Col) ‹árbol› to fell, cut down; ‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock downlo tumbaron en francés they failed o flunked him in French, he failed o flunked Frenchme tumbó las vueltas he shortchanged me■ tumbarseto lie downestaba tumbada al sol she was lying in the sunme voy a tumbar un rato I'm going to lie down for a while, I'm going to have a lie-down ( BrE colloq)* * *
tumbar ( conjugate tumbar) verbo transitivo
un olor que te tumbaba a smell that knocked you backward(s)
‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock down
tumbarse verbo pronominal
to lie down
tumbar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer caer de un golpe) to knock down
2 (acostar) to lie down
3 fam (suspender) me tumbaron en matemáticas, I failed maths
' tumbar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatir
- tender
- volcar
- voltear
English:
deck
- down
- pull
* * *♦ vt1. [derribar] to knock over o down;Famtiene un olor que tumba the smell of it really knocks you out o overel Real tumbó al Deportivo Real thrashed Deportivo* * *v/t knock down* * *tumbar vt1) : to knock down2) : to fell, to cut downtumbar vi: to fall down* * *tumbar vb (derribar) to knock down -
12 deslumbramiento
m.1 glare, overpowering lustre; dazzling.2 confusion of sight or mind; hallucination.3 dazzle, glare, glare dazzle.4 astonishment, daze, dazzlement.* * *1 dazzle, dazzling* * *SM1) (=brillo) glare, dazzle2) (=confusión) confusion* * *dazzle* * *
deslumbramiento sustantivo masculino dazzle
* * *1. [ceguera] dazzling, dazzle;sufrí un deslumbramiento al mirar al sol I was dazzled when I looked at the sun2. [confusión] bewilderment* * *m dazzle, glare -
13 abrumador
• appalling• commanding• mind-boggling• oppressively• opprobrious• overburdening• overpowering• overwhelming• stunning -
14 agobiante
• arduous• backbreaking• burdensome• effortful• exhausting• laboring• laborious chore• nerve impulse• nerve specialist• oppressing• oppressive agreement• overpowering• overwhelming• taximan• taxing authorities• tough -
15 avasallador
• domineering• overpowering• relentless -
16 de gran impacto
• momentous• overpowering• overreaching• overriding• wide-ranging -
17 irresistible
• irresistible• overpowering• uncontrollable -
18 ser avasallador
• be overpowering -
19 avasallante
adj.overpowering. -
20 ser avasallador
v.to be overpowering.
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