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inundar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deluge noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
  • flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  • inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.

Senses

inundar is used for these senses in English:

  • deluge (transitive) To flood with water.
  • flood To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
  • flood (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

deluge — full definition

  1. noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
  2. noun An overwhelming amount of anything arriving at once.
  3. verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something.

flood — full definition

  1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

Related Portuguese words