flood

inundación

Una gran cantidad de agua que cubre un terreno normalmente seco.

En inglés sencillo: A large amount of water that covers land which is normally dry.

• The flood damaged our house.
• Heavy rain caused floods across the region.
• Families left the village after a flood warning.

Sinónimos: inundation

Antónimos: drought

Expresiones frecuentes: severe flood, flood damage, flood warning, river flood

avalancha, aluvión

Una cantidad enorme de cosas que llegan rápidamente y a menudo resulta difícil atender.

En inglés sencillo: A very large number of things arriving quickly, often too many to deal with.

• We received a flood of emails.
• A flood of visitors arrived after lunch.
• The office struggled with the sudden flood of applications.

Cómo se usa: a flood of something (The announcement brought a flood of questions.)

Sinónimos: deluge, torrent

Antónimos: trickle

Expresiones frecuentes: flood of complaints, flood of messages, a sudden flood

inundar, inundarse

Cubrir un lugar de agua o quedar un lugar cubierto de agua.

En inglés sencillo: To cover a place with water, or become covered with water.

• The river flooded our garden.
• Our basement floods whenever it rains heavily.
• The storm flooded several streets last night.

Sinónimos: inundate, submerge

Expresiones frecuentes: flood the streets, flood a house, flood the basement

desbordarse

Salir el agua de sus límites o entrar en gran cantidad en un lugar, especialmente tras lluvias fuertes.

En inglés sencillo: To overflow or flow into a place in large amounts, especially after heavy rain.

• The river began to flood.
• Rainwater flooded into the kitchen.
• After the storm, water flooded over the riverbanks.

Cómo se usa: flood into something (Water flooded into the cellar.); flood over something (The river flooded over its banks.)

Sinónimos: overflow

Expresiones frecuentes: river starts to flood, flood into something, flood over something

inundar, saturar

Llenar un lugar o abrumar a alguien con una cantidad enorme de cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To fill a place or overwhelm someone with a very large number of things.

• Advertisements flood my inbox.
• Cheap products have flooded the market.
• Fans flooded the website with messages of support.

Cómo se usa: flood something with something (Cheap imports flooded the market with low-priced toys.)

Sinónimos: overwhelm, inundate, swamp

Expresiones frecuentes: flood the market, flood with something, flood someone’s inbox, flood someone with something