invade

invadir

Entrar con soldados en otro país o territorio para tomar el control.

En inglés sencillo: To enter another country or area with soldiers in order to take control of it.

• The army invaded the country.
• Enemy troops invaded the island at dawn.
• They feared that their neighbour would invade.

Sinónimos: attack, occupy

Antónimos: withdraw

Expresiones frecuentes: invade a country, invade enemy territory, invade an island, invade by sea

invadir

Entrar en gran número en un lugar donde la gente no quiere que estés.

En inglés sencillo: To enter a place in large numbers when the people there do not want you.

• Tourists invade the village every summer.
• Football fans invaded the quiet square.
• Dozens of reporters had invaded her garden.

Sinónimos: overrun, descend on

Expresiones frecuentes: invade a town, invade the beach, invade someone’s home

invadir, infestar

Entrar y extenderse por un lugar en cantidades molestas o dañinas.

En inglés sencillo: To enter and spread through a place in unwanted or harmful numbers.

• Ants invaded our kitchen.
• Weeds have invaded the vegetable garden.
• By evening, mosquitoes had invaded the campsite.

Sinónimos: infest, overrun

Expresiones frecuentes: invade the kitchen, invade a garden, invade someone’s home

invadir, colonizar

Extenderse por una zona nueva y perjudicar a las plantas o animales que ya viven allí.

En inglés sencillo: To spread into a new area and harm the plants or animals that already live there.

• These weeds invade nearby fields.
• An introduced fish has invaded the lake.
• Foreign plants can invade habitats and crowd out native species.

Sinónimos: colonize, overrun

Expresiones frecuentes: invade a habitat, invade native woodland, invade an ecosystem