rife

generalizado, extendido

Muy común o extendido, especialmente si se trata de algo malo o indeseado.

En inglés sencillo: Very common or widespread, especially when something is bad or unwanted.

• Rumours were rife.
• Corruption is rife in the industry.
• Disease became rife among the crowded camps.

Cómo se usa: rife in/among something (Speculation was rife among investors.)

Sinónimos: widespread, common, prevalent

Antónimos: rare

Expresiones frecuentes: corruption is rife, rife in something, rife among something

plagado, lleno

Que contiene mucho de algo, normalmente malo o indeseado.

En inglés sencillo: Containing a lot of something, usually something bad or unwanted.

• The town was rife with rumours.
• The company was rife with corruption.
• Their account of the events is rife with inconsistencies.

Cómo se usa: rife with something (The report was rife with errors.)

Sinónimos: full, riddled, teeming

Expresiones frecuentes: rife with something, rife with errors, rife with corruption

abundante, numeroso

Que existe en gran cantidad o en gran número.

En inglés sencillo: Existing in large numbers or amounts.

• Deer were rife in the woods.
• Wild berries are rife along these paths.
• Birds were rife throughout the valley that spring.

Cómo se usa: rife in something (Wild flowers were rife in the valley.)

Sinónimos: plentiful, abundant, numerous

Antónimos: scarce

Expresiones frecuentes: rife in something, rife throughout something

abundantemente, copiosamente

En grandes cantidades o en gran número.

En inglés sencillo: In large amounts or numbers.

• Wild flowers grew rife beside the stream.
• Weeds spread rife across the abandoned garden.
• Bluebells once flourished rife on these shaded slopes.

Sinónimos: abundantly, plentifully

Antónimos: sparsely

Expresiones frecuentes: grow rife, spread rife