infestar — meaning in English

English meaning

• invade verb To enter a country or territory by force in order to take control of it.
• overrun verb To spread over or invade a place in large numbers, often taking full control of it.
• swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.

Senses

infestar is used for these senses in English:

• infest (transitive) To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
• invade (transitive) To infest or overrun.
• invade To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
• overrun (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
• swarm (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.

invade — full definition

1. verb To enter a country or territory by force in order to take control of it.
2. verb To intrude on or overrun something, such as privacy or space.

overrun — full definition

1. verb To spread over or invade a place in large numbers, often taking full control of it.
2. verb To go on for longer than planned.
3. noun An amount by which something has gone beyond its planned budget, time, or capacity.

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