heavily

heavily
adverb pesadamente
heavily adv mucho / muy
it was raining heavily llovía mucho
a heavily populated area una zona densamente poblada
heavily
tr['hevɪlɪ]
adverb
1 (fall, move, step, etc) pesadamente; (rain) fuertemente, mucho
2 (sleep etc) profundamente; (drink) con exceso, mucho; (breathe) con dificultad nombre femenino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to lose heavily SMALLSPORT/SMALL sufrir una fuerte derrota 2 (in gambling) perder muchísimo dinero
heavily ['hɛvəli] adv
1) : pesadamente, con mucho peso
2) laboriously: trabajosamente, penosamente
3) : mucho
heavily
adv.
pesadamente adv.
'hevəli, 'hevɪli
adverb
1)
a) <tread/fall> pesadamente

a heavily laden truck — un camión con una carga muy pesada

he was heavily built — era corpulento or de aspecto fornido

to breathe heavily — jadear

b) (thickly) <underlined> con trazo grueso

she was heavily made-up — iba muy maquillada

2)
a) (copiously) <rain/snow> mucho
b) (immoderately) <drink/smoke> en exceso, más de la cuenta (fam); <gamble> fuerte
c) (to a great extent) <outweigh> con mucho

to be heavily in debt — estar* muy endeudado, tener* muchas deudas

to be heavily subsidized — recibir cuantiosas subvenciones

to borrow heavily — contraer* considerables deudas

a style heavily influenced by romanticism — un estilo con marcada or profunda influencia romántica

they depend heavily on these imports — dependen en alto grado de estas importaciones

heavily pregnant — en avanzado estado de gravidez (frml) or (period) de gestación

['hevɪlɪ]
ADV
1) (=very much) [rain, bleed, sweat] mucho; [drink, smoke] mucho, en exceso; [criticize] duramente; [depend, rely] en gran medida; [biased, laden] muy

the dangers of drinking or smoking heavily — los peligros de beber o fumar mucho or en exceso

she drinks heavily/more heavily when she's depressed — bebe mucho/mucho más cuando está deprimida

he spoke in heavily accented English — hablaba inglés con un acento muy fuerte

he had to borrow heavily — tuvo que pedir grandes cantidades de or mucho dinero prestado

to be heavily in debt — tener muchísimas deudas, estar muy endeudado

to be heavily defeated(in election, war) sufrir una derrota aplastante

the book draws heavily on Marxism — el libro se inspira en gran medida en las teorías marxistas

he was fined heavily by the Football Association — la Asociación de Fútbol le puso una multa muy severa

to be heavily influenced by sb/sth — estar muy influido por algn/algo

he's heavily into jazz/football * — le ha dado fuerte por el jazz/el fútbol

he's heavily into drugs * — está muy metido en las drogas

he invested heavily in commodities — invirtió grandes cantidades de dinero or invirtió mucho en materias primas

to be heavily involved in or with sth — estar muy metido en algo *

to lose heavily — (gambling) perder grandes cantidades de dinero, perder muchísimo dinero; (in election, vote, match) sufrir una derrota aplastante

she was heavily made up — llevaba muchísimo maquillaje

a heavily populated area — una zona densamente poblada

she was heavily pregnant — le quedaba poco para dar a luz, se encontraba en avanzado estado de gestación frm

heavily scented — con un fuerte olor

heavily spiced — con muchas especias, muy condimentado

each word was heavily underlined — cada palabra estaba subrayada con trazo grueso

to be heavily weighted against sb/in sb's favour — desfavorecer/favorecer en gran medida a algn

2) (=well, strongly) [armed] fuertemente; [guarded, fortified] muy bien
3) (=deeply) [sleep] profundamente

to breathe heavily — (from exertion) resoplar, jadear

he breathed heavily as he slept — respiraba muy fuerte mientras dormía

his face was heavily lined — su cara estaba muy marcada de arrugas

Bernard sighed heavily — Bernard exhaló un profundo suspiro

4) (=weightily) [tread] con paso pesado; [move, walk] pesadamente; [say] con gran pesar

he sat down heavily in his chair — se desplomó en la silla

he fell heavily and twisted his arm — tuvo una mala caída y se torció el brazo

heavily built — corpulento, fornido

it weighs heavily on him — (fig) le pesa mucho

* * *
['hevəli, 'hevɪli]
adverb
1)
a) <tread/fall> pesadamente

a heavily laden truck — un camión con una carga muy pesada

he was heavily built — era corpulento or de aspecto fornido

to breathe heavily — jadear

b) (thickly) <underlined> con trazo grueso

she was heavily made-up — iba muy maquillada

2)
a) (copiously) <rain/snow> mucho
b) (immoderately) <drink/smoke> en exceso, más de la cuenta (fam); <gamble> fuerte
c) (to a great extent) <outweigh> con mucho

to be heavily in debt — estar* muy endeudado, tener* muchas deudas

to be heavily subsidized — recibir cuantiosas subvenciones

to borrow heavily — contraer* considerables deudas

a style heavily influenced by romanticism — un estilo con marcada or profunda influencia romántica

they depend heavily on these imports — dependen en alto grado de estas importaciones

heavily pregnant — en avanzado estado de gravidez (frml) or (period) de gestación


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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