overweight

con sobrepeso

Que pesa más de lo considerado saludable o normal para su estatura.

En inglés sencillo: Having more body weight than is considered healthy or usual for your height.

• He is slightly overweight.
• Regular exercise can help overweight adults improve their health.
• She was overweight before she changed her eating habits.

Sinónimos: heavy

Antónimos: underweight

Expresiones frecuentes: slightly overweight, overweight adults, become overweight, overweight children

con exceso de peso

Que pesa más de lo permitido por la ley o las normas de seguridad.

En inglés sencillo: Weighing more than the amount allowed by law or safety rules.

• The truck was overweight.
• Overweight vehicles cannot cross this bridge.
• The driver was fined for carrying an overweight load.

Sinónimos: too heavy

Expresiones frecuentes: an overweight truck, overweight vehicles, an overweight load

sobreponderado

Que ocupa una proporción de las inversiones mayor que la habitual o la tomada como referencia.

En inglés sencillo: Having a larger share of your investments in something than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Our fund is overweight in energy stocks.
• The portfolio was overweight in European shares.
• Are we still overweight in the banking sector?

Cómo se usa: overweight in something (The fund is overweight in technology stocks.)

Antónimos: underweight

Expresiones frecuentes: overweight in stocks, an overweight position, overweight in technology

exceso de peso, sobrepeso

Peso que supera lo necesario, lo permitido o lo considerado saludable.

En inglés sencillo: Weight above the amount that is needed, allowed, or considered healthy.

• The airline charges for baggage overweight.
• The report linked overweight to several health problems.
• Better loading reduced the vehicle's overweight by fifty kilograms.

Sinónimos: excess weight

Expresiones frecuentes: baggage overweight, overweight charges, reduce overweight

sobreponderación

Inversión cuya proporción en una cartera supera la habitual o la elegida como referencia.

En inglés sencillo: An investment forming a larger share of a portfolio than the usual or chosen comparison share.

• Energy is our largest overweight.
• The fund reduced its overweight in bank shares.
• Technology stocks remain two of our main overweights.

Cómo se usa: an overweight in something (The fund has an overweight in energy stocks.)

Antónimos: underweight

Expresiones frecuentes: a portfolio overweight, our largest overweight, a sector overweight

sobrecargar

Poner demasiado peso o una carga excesiva sobre alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To put too much weight or too heavy a burden on someone or something.

• Do not overweight the boat.
• They overweighted the cart with stones.
• Too many duties can overweight a single worker.

Cómo se usa: overweight something with something (They overweighted the cart with heavy boxes.)

Sinónimos: overload, weigh down

Expresiones frecuentes: overweight a cart, overweight with something, overweight a boat