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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessobrecarregar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sobrecarregar
"Estou sobrecarregado de tarefas."
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To bury or drown beneath a huge mass; to defeat completely.
"She was overwhelmed by a tidal wave of emotions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from over- + whelm (alteration of older whelve 'turn a vessel upside down over something').
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accabler
Transliteration: accabler
"Il est accablé de travail."
überwältigen
Transliteration: überwältigen
"Die Gefühle überwältigten ihn."
sopraffare
Transliteration: sopraffare
"La stanchezza lo ha sopraffatto."
abrumar
Transliteration: abrumar
"Las deudas la abruman."
sobrecarregar
Transliteration: sobrecarregar
"Estou sobrecarregado de tarefas."
अभिभूत करना
Transliteration: abhibhoot karna
"वह खुशी से अभिभूत हो गई।"
压倒
Transliteration: yàdǎo
"巨大的工作量压倒了他。"
압도하다
Transliteration: apdohada
"그녀는 슬픔에 압도되었습니다."
圧倒する
Transliteration: attō suru
"仕事の量に圧倒された。"
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