flood [flʌd]
noun
[of water] inundación; (f) (in river) avenida; (f) [of words, tears] torrente; (m) (flood tide) pleamar; (f) the Flood (Rel) 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
verb:transitive
(Aut) (gen) inundar to flood the market with sth inundar saturar el mercado de algo;or 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
verb:intransitive
[+river] desbordarse the people flooded into the streets la gente inundó la calle
modifier
flood control (n) medidas para controlar las inundaciones; (f)
flood tide (n) pleamar; (f) marea creciente; (f)
