flood

alluvione, inondazione

Una grande quantità d’acqua che ricopre un terreno normalmente asciutto.

In inglese semplice: A large amount of water that covers land which is normally dry.

• The flood damaged our house.
• Heavy rain caused floods across the region.
• Families left the village after a flood warning.

Sinonimi: inundation

Contrari: drought

Espressioni comuni: severe flood, flood damage, flood warning, river flood

valanga, ondata

Una quantità enorme di cose che arrivano rapidamente, spesso troppe per riuscire a gestirle.

In inglese semplice: A very large number of things arriving quickly, often too many to deal with.

• We received a flood of emails.
• A flood of visitors arrived after lunch.
• The office struggled with the sudden flood of applications.

Come si usa: a flood of something (The announcement brought a flood of questions.)

Sinonimi: deluge, torrent

Contrari: trickle

Espressioni comuni: flood of complaints, flood of messages, a sudden flood

allagare, inondare

Coprire d’acqua un luogo oppure finire coperto d’acqua.

In inglese semplice: To cover a place with water, or become covered with water.

• The river flooded our garden.
• Our basement floods whenever it rains heavily.
• The storm flooded several streets last night.

Sinonimi: inundate, submerge

Espressioni comuni: flood the streets, flood a house, flood the basement

straripare, traboccare

Superare gli argini o scorrere in grande quantità in un luogo, soprattutto dopo forti piogge.

In inglese semplice: To overflow or flow into a place in large amounts, especially after heavy rain.

• The river began to flood.
• Rainwater flooded into the kitchen.
• After the storm, water flooded over the riverbanks.

Come si usa: flood into something (Water flooded into the cellar.); flood over something (The river flooded over its banks.)

Sinonimi: overflow

Espressioni comuni: river starts to flood, flood into something, flood over something

inondare, sommergere

Riempire un luogo o sopraffare qualcuno con una quantità enorme di cose.

In inglese semplice: To fill a place or overwhelm someone with a very large number of things.

• Advertisements flood my inbox.
• Cheap products have flooded the market.
• Fans flooded the website with messages of support.

Come si usa: flood something with something (Cheap imports flooded the market with low-priced toys.)

Sinonimi: overwhelm, inundate, swamp

Espressioni comuni: flood the market, flood with something, flood someone’s inbox, flood someone with something