weigh down

lastrar, sujetar con peso

Poner algo pesado sobre una cosa para mantenerla en su sitio o hacerla bajar.

En inglés sencillo: To keep something in place or lower it by putting something heavy on it.

• Weigh down the paper with a stone.
• They weighed the balloon down with sandbags.
• Have you weighed down the corners so the cover cannot blow away?

Cómo se usa: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cover down with stones.)

Sinónimos: weight, hold down

Expresiones frecuentes: weigh down something, weigh down covers

agobiar, abrumar

Hacer que alguien se sienta preocupado, cansado o incapaz de afrontar sus problemas u obligaciones.

En inglés sencillo: If problems or duties affect you this way, they make you feel worried, tired, or unable to cope.

• These worries weigh me down.
• He felt weighed down by guilt.
• Are your responsibilities weighing you down?

Cómo se usa: weigh someone down (Money worries weighed him down.); be weighed down by something (She was weighed down by responsibility.)

Sinónimos: burden, overwhelm

Antónimos: uplift

Expresiones frecuentes: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

agobiar, abrumar

Hacer que alguien se sienta preocupado, cansado o incapaz de afrontar sus problemas u obligaciones.

En inglés sencillo: Problems or duties make someone feel worried, tired, or unable to cope.

• Work problems weigh her down.
• Bad news weighed him down all week.
• Do these debts weigh you down?

Cómo se usa: be weighed down by something (He was weighed down by debt.)

Sinónimos: burden, overwhelm

Antónimos: uplift

Expresiones frecuentes: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

sujetar con pesos

Colocar objetos pesados sobre algo para que no se mueva ni se lo lleve el viento.

En inglés sencillo: To put heavy objects on something so it cannot move or blow away.

• Weigh down the paper with a stone.
• They weighed the tent down with sandbags.
• Can you weigh these sheets down?

Cómo se usa: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cloth down with stones.)

Sinónimos: hold down, anchor

Expresiones frecuentes: weigh down something, weigh something down