English-Spanish Dictionary

Spanish Translation of “flooding”

flooding (ˈflʌdɪŋ Pronunciation for flooding

Translations

noun

  1. inundación feminine

flood (flʌd Pronunciation for flood

Translations

noun

    1. [of water] inundación feminine
      1. (in river) avenida feminine
    2. [of words, tears] torrente masculine
      1. (= flood tide) pleamar feminine
     ⇒ the Flood (religion) el Diluvio ⇒ the river is in flood el río está crecido ⇒ a flood of letters una avalancha de cartas ⇒ she was in floods of tears lloraba a lágrima viva

transitive verb

  1. (automobiles)
    1. (gen) inundar
     ⇒ to flood the market with sth inundar or saturar el mercado de algo ⇒ we have been flooded with applications nos han llovido las solicitudes, nos han inundado de solicitudes ⇒ the room was flooded with light el cuarto se inundó de luz

intransitive verb

  1. [river] desbordarse ⇒ the people flooded into the streets la gente inundó la calle

Compounds

Similar Words

= deluge, downpour, flash flood, inundation, tide, overflow, torrent, spate, freshet
= immerse, swamp, submerge, inundate, deluge, drown, cover with water
= pour over, swamp, run over, overflow, inundate, brim over
= engulf, flow into, rush into, sweep into, overwhelm, surge into, swarm into, pour into, gush into
= saturate, fill, choke, swamp, glut, oversupply, overfill

'flooding' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: فَيَضَانPronunciation for فَيَضَان
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inundaçãoPronunciation for inundação
  • Chinese: 泛滥Pronunciation for 泛滥
  • Croatian: poplavaPronunciation for poplava
  • Czech: záplavaPronunciation for záplava
  • Danish: oversvømmelsePronunciation for oversvømmelse
  • Dutch: overstromingPronunciation for overstroming
  • European Spanish: inundaciónPronunciation for inundación
  • Finnish: tulviminenPronunciation for tulviminen
  • French: inondationPronunciation for inondation
  • German: ÜberschwemmungPronunciation for Überschwemmung
  • Greek: πλημμύρισμαPronunciation for πλημμύρισμα
  • Italian: allagamentoPronunciation for allagamento
  • Japanese: 氾濫Pronunciation for 氾濫
  • Korean: 범람Pronunciation for 범람
  • Norwegian: flomPronunciation for flom
  • Polish: zalaniePronunciation for zalanie
  • Portuguese: inundaçãoPronunciation for inundação
  • Romanian: inundații
  • Russian: наводнениеPronunciation for наводнение
  • Spanish: inundaciónPronunciation for inundación
  • Swedish: översvämningPronunciation for översvämning
  • Thai: น้ำท่วมPronunciation for น้ำท่วม
  • Turkish: su basmasıPronunciation for su basması
  • Ukrainian: повінь
  • Vietnamese: Pronunciation for lũlụt

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