overrun

invadir, infestar

Extenderse por un lugar o llenarlo en gran número, a menudo causando problemas.

En inglés sencillo: To spread through or fill a place in large numbers, often causing problems.

• Weeds overrun the garden every summer.
• Rats had overrun the empty building.
• The town is overrun with visitors during the festival.

Cómo se usa: be overrun with something (The garden was overrun with weeds.); be overrun by someone/something (The village was overrun by tourists.)

Sinónimos: infest, swarm over, invade

Expresiones frecuentes: overrun a garden, overrun a city, overrun with something

exceder, sobrepasar

Sobrepasar la cantidad de tiempo o dinero que se había acordado.

En inglés sencillo: To go beyond an agreed amount of time or money.

• The project may overrun its budget.
• Building costs overran the original estimate.
• The work has overrun the agreed schedule.

Cómo se usa: overrun by an amount (The project overran by two million pounds.)

Sinónimos: exceed, go beyond

Expresiones frecuentes: overrun a budget, overrun the schedule, overrun by something, meeting may overrun

sobrepasar, rebasar

Avanzar o extenderse más allá de un borde, un soporte u otro límite físico.

En inglés sencillo: To move or reach beyond an edge, support, or other physical limit.

• The sliding part can overrun its bearing.
• The shaft overran its support during the test.
• A safety stop prevents the carriage from overrunning the track.

Sinónimos: extend beyond, go beyond

Expresiones frecuentes: overrun a bearing, overrun the edge

sobrecoste, exceso

Superación de un límite previsto, especialmente de tiempo o coste, o la cantidad que lo supera.

En inglés sencillo: An amount or instance of going beyond a planned limit, especially in time or cost.

• The project had a cost overrun.
• We need to explain the budget overrun.
• Repeated time overruns delayed the opening of the railway.

Sinónimos: excess

Expresiones frecuentes: cost overrun, budget overrun, time overrun

zona de seguridad

Zona llana y despejada después del final de una pista, donde puede detenerse un avión que se pasa.

En inglés sencillo: A clear, flat area past a runway’s end where a plane can stop if it goes too far.

• The plane stopped in the overrun.
• Workers cleared stones from the grass overrun.
• The runway has a wide overrun beyond its eastern end.

Sinónimos: overrun area

Expresiones frecuentes: runway overrun, grass overrun, clear overrun