swamp

abrumar, desbordar

Dar a alguien tanto trabajo o tantos asuntos que no pueda atenderlos todos.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone more work or things to deal with than they can manage.

• The calls swamped our small office.
• I am swamped with work today.
• Customers swamped the website with orders.

Cómo se usa: swamp someone/something with something (Customers swamped us with questions.); be swamped with something (We are swamped with orders.)

Sinónimos: overwhelm, overload

Expresiones frecuentes: swamp someone with something, swamp the office, swamp the system

inundar, anegar

Cubrir o llenar algo con tanta agua que deje de funcionar bien.

En inglés sencillo: To cover or fill something with so much water that it cannot work properly.

• A wave swamped the boat.
• Heavy rain swamped the lower deck.
• Our canoe was swamped before we reached the shore.

Sinónimos: flood, drench

Expresiones frecuentes: swamp a boat, swamp the deck

pantano, ciénaga

Terreno muy húmedo, a menudo cubierto de agua poco profunda y con árboles.

En inglés sencillo: An area of very wet land, often covered with shallow water and trees.

• Frogs live in the swamp.
• We walked carefully through the muddy swamp.
• These swamps provide homes for many birds.

Sinónimos: wetland, marsh

Expresiones frecuentes: in a swamp, mangrove swamp, drain a swamp, forest swamp