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"overwhelmed" is the Preterite of the verb overwhelm. View conjugation.

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overwhelm

overwhelm
[əʊvəˈwelm]
verbo transitivo
1. arrollar (enemy, opponent)
  • to be overwhelmed with joy -> no caber en sí de alegría
  • overwhelmed by grief/with work -> abrumado(a) por la pena/el trabajo

overwhelm [ou-va-uelm]
va. Abrumar, oprimir, abatir; sumergir; soterrar.

overwhelm [ˌəʊvəˈwelm]
verb:transitive
1 (defeat) [+opponent, team] arrollar; aplastar
Soviet armed forces had the power to overwhelm NATO's Northern Army Group within days Yugoslavia overwhelmed Austria 4-1 in Belgrade
2 (overcome) [+difficulties, fear, loneliness] abrumar
sorrow overwhelmed him estaba abrumado por el dolor; try not to let panic overwhelm you intenta que el pánico no se apodere de ti; I felt overwhelmed by events/her me sentía abrumado por los acontecimientos/por ella
I felt overwhelmed by her some of you may feel overwhelmed or intimidated by her he gives in before difficulties, they overwhelm him feelings of fear, inadequacy and loneliness can overwhelm her the public were not overwhelmed when the children misbehaved she was overwhelmed and unable to cope "how did you know?" he gasped, overwhelmed I was overwhelmed - "I don't know how to thank you" I said I won 54 votes to 48. I was completely overwhelmed; you could have knocked me down with a feather we were overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place to be overwhelmed
he was overwhelmed by their kindness su amabilidad le dejó abrumado or le conmovió profundamente; she was overwhelmed with grief estaba sumida en la tristeza; she was overwhelmed with joy rebosaba de alegría
3 (inundate, overload) (with work) abrumar; agobiar; (with questions, requests, information) atosigar
you shouldn't overwhelm the customer with too much information no deberías atosigar al cliente con demasiada información; we have been overwhelmed with offers of help nos han inundado las ofertas de ayuda
we've been overwhelmed with requests for a repeat showing of the programme teachers regularly complained they were overwhelmed by the work load

Verb Conjugation for "overwhelm"

Imperative
  • overwhelm
  • you overwhelm
  • he/she overwhelms
  • we overwhelm
  • you overwhelm
  • they overwhelm
Preterite
  • I overwhelmed
  • you overwhelmed
  • he/she overwhelmed
  • we overwhelmed
  • you overwhelmed
  • they overwhelmed
Present Continuous
  • I am overwhelming
  • you are overwhelming
  • he/she is overwhelming
  • we are overwhelming
  • you are overwhelming
  • they are overwhelming
Present Perfect
  • I have overwhelmed
  • you have overwhelmed
  • he/she has overwhelmed
  • we have overwhelmed
  • you have overwhelmed
  • they have overwhelmed
Past Continuous
  • I was overwhelming
  • you were overwhelming
  • he/she was overwhelming
  • we were overwhelming
  • you were overwhelming
  • they were overwhelming
Past Perfect
  • I had overwhelmed
  • you had overwhelmed
  • he/she had overwhelmed
  • we had overwhelmed
  • you had overwhelmed
  • they had overwhelmed
Future
  • I will overwhelm
  • you will overwhelm
  • he/she will overwhelm
  • we will overwhelm
  • you will overwhelm
  • they will overwhelm
Future Perfect
  • I will have overwhelmed
  • you will have overwhelmed
  • he/she will have overwhelmed
  • we will have overwhelmed
  • you will have overwhelmed
  • they will have overwhelmed
Future Continuous
  • I will be overwhelming
  • you will be overwhelming
  • he/she will be overwhelming
  • we will be overwhelming
  • you will be overwhelming
  • they will be overwhelming
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been overwhelming
  • you have been overwhelming
  • he/she has been overwhelming
  • we have been overwhelming
  • you have been overwhelming
  • they have been overwhelming
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been overwhelming
  • you will have been overwhelming
  • he/she will have been overwhelming
  • we will have been overwhelming
  • you will have been overwhelming
  • they will have been overwhelming
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been overwhelming
  • you had been overwhelming
  • he/she had been overwhelming
  • we had been overwhelming
  • you had been overwhelming
  • they had been overwhelming
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