over the top

exagerado, excesivo

Mucho más extremo, caro o aparatoso de lo que resulta razonable o necesario.

En inglés sencillo: Much more extreme, expensive, or dramatic than is sensible or necessary.

• His reaction was over the top.
• The party decorations were completely over the top.
• Was that joke a little over the top?

Sinónimos: excessive, outrageous, extreme

Antónimos: restrained

Expresiones frecuentes: over the top, over-the-top reaction

distribuido por internet

Se refiere a contenidos enviados por internet a un televisor u otro dispositivo.

En inglés sencillo: Sent over the internet to a television or another device, especially video or other media.

• This is an over-the-top video service.
• The company launched an over-the-top streaming platform last year.
• Over-the-top television services need a reliable internet connection.

Sinónimos: internet-delivered, OTT

Expresiones frecuentes: over-the-top services, over-the-top video

aplicado sobre el cultivo

Se refiere a un tratamiento aplicado desde arriba directamente sobre las plantas de un campo.

En inglés sencillo: Applied from above directly onto growing plants in a field.

• The herbicide is approved for over-the-top application.
• Farmers used an over-the-top spray on the growing crop.
• Over-the-top treatments put the chemical directly on the plants.

Expresiones frecuentes: over-the-top spraying, over-the-top application

excesivamente, exageradamente

De una manera que supera ampliamente lo normal o razonable.

En inglés sencillo: In a way that goes far beyond normal or reasonable limits.

• He went over the top with the gifts.
• She went over the top when praising his performance.
• Did we go over the top with the celebrations?

Cómo se usa: go over the top with something (They went over the top with the wedding decorations.)

Sinónimos: excessively, extravagantly

Expresiones frecuentes: over the top, go over-the-top

por encima, por la parte superior

Pasando por encima de la parte más alta o del borde superior de algo.

En inglés sencillo: Across the highest part or upper edge of something.

• The water flowed over the top.
• She climbed over the top of the wall.
• A bird flew over the top of the tree.

Cómo se usa: over the top of something (The ball flew over the top of the fence.)

Expresiones frecuentes: over the top, climb over-the-top

saliendo de la trinchera al ataque

Saliendo de una trinchera hacia terreno descubierto para atacar al enemigo.

En inglés sencillo: Out of a military trench and into the open to attack the enemy.

• The soldiers went over the top.
• An officer ordered the men over the top into enemy fire.
• Few returned after going over the top that morning.

Cómo se usa: go over the top (The soldiers went over the top at dawn.)

Expresiones frecuentes: over the top, sent over-the-top