overhead

por encima, en lo alto

Por encima de la cabeza o en una zona alta del cielo.

En inglés sencillo: Above your head or high in the sky.

• A bird flew overhead.
• Dark clouds gathered overhead as we walked home.
• We heard a helicopter passing overhead.

Sinónimos: above, up above

Antónimos: below

Expresiones frecuentes: fly overhead, pass overhead, directly overhead

elevado, superior

Que está arriba, especialmente justo encima de la cabeza.

En inglés sencillo: Above you, especially directly above your head.

• The overhead lights were bright.
• Put your bag in the overhead locker.
• Workers repaired the overhead power cables.

Expresiones frecuentes: overhead lights, overhead wires, overhead locker

de chilena

Describe una patada que manda el balón hacia atrás levantando el pie por encima de la cabeza.

En inglés sencillo: Describing a kick made by lifting your foot above your head to send the ball backwards.

• He scored with an overhead kick.
• Her overhead effort flew just wide of the goal.
• The crowd cheered his spectacular overhead goal.

Sinónimos: bicycle

Expresiones frecuentes: overhead kick, an overhead goal

gastos generales, costes indirectos

Gastos habituales de una empresa, como el alquiler, que no corresponden directamente a fabricar cada producto.

En inglés sencillo: Regular costs of running a business, such as rent, that are not costs of making individual products.

• Rent is our biggest overhead.
• The company reduced its overhead by moving offices.
• High overhead costs left little room for profit.

Sinónimos: running costs, operating expenses

Expresiones frecuentes: reduce overhead, overhead costs, high overhead

dinero desperdiciado

Dinero gastado sin obtener nada útil a cambio.

En inglés sencillo: Money spent without gaining anything useful.

• That useless fee was pure overhead.
• He called the unnecessary spending overhead.
• They treated every wasted dollar as overhead.

Sinónimos: waste

Expresiones frecuentes: unnecessary overhead, pure overhead, wasted overhead

sobre, por encima de

Indica una posición más alta que alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: Above someone or something.

• Stars shone overhead the sleeping town.
• A thick canopy spread overhead the travelers.
• Clouds gathered overhead the distant hills.

Cómo se usa: overhead someone/something (Branches formed a green roof overhead the path.)

Sinónimos: above, over

Antónimos: below, under

Expresiones frecuentes: overhead someone, overhead the trees