weigh down

weigh down
weigh down
v.
• agobiar v.
• apesgar v.
v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (impose weight on)

the bag was weighing me down — la bolsa me pesaba mucho

trees weighed down with fruit — árboles cargados de fruta

b) (depress) abrumar
1. VT + ADV
1) (lit)
a) (=hold down) sujetar (con un peso/una piedra etc)
b) (=encumber)

don't take anything with you that will weigh you down — no te lleves nada que te suponga demasiado peso

she was weighed down with parcels — iba muy cargada de paquetes

a branch weighed down with fruit — una rama muy cargada de fruta

2) (fig) agobiar, abrumar more liter

to be weighed down with or by sorrow — estar abrumado por la pena

he felt weighed down with or by responsibilities — se sentía agobiado por las responsabilidades

I was weighed down by guilt — me pesaba el sentimiento de culpabilidad

the government is weighed down with or by debt — el gobierno está cargado de deudas

2.
VI + ADV

to weigh down on sb — agobiar a algn, abrumar a algn more liter

sorrow weighed down on her — la pena la abrumaba

* * *
v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (impose weight on)

the bag was weighing me down — la bolsa me pesaba mucho

trees weighed down with fruit — árboles cargados de fruta

b) (depress) abrumar

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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