overtook in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for overtook in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.overtake <-took,-taken> [ˌəʊvəˈteɪk, Am ˌoʊvɚˈ-] VB trans

1. overtake (go past, become greater):

overtake a car, a country, a competitor

задминавам

2. overtake (exceed):

overtake an amount, a level

превишавам

3. overtake (happen):

overtake

достигам

to be overtaken by fate

съдбата ме застигна

to be overtaken by events

събитията ме връхлитат

to be overtaken by grief

потъвам в мъка

to overtake sb

обземам нкг

II.overtake <-took,-taken> [ˌəʊvəˈteɪk, Am ˌoʊvɚˈ-] VB intr

overtake

връхлитам

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to overtake on the outside

изпреварвам отдясно

to overtake on the outside Am

изпреварвам отляво

to overtake on the inside

изпреварвам отдясно

to overtake on the inside Brit, Aus

изпреварвам отляво

Translations for overtook in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

застигам

overtake

застигам

overtake

бурята ни застигам насред път

the storm overtook us halfway

изпреварвам

overtake

изпревари ни една кола

a car overtook us

изпреварвам

overtake

изпреварих го и влязох пръв

I overtook him and was the first to enter

замръкнах в гората

darkness overtook me in the woods

пререждам

overtake

пререждам кола

overtake a car

задминавам

overtake Brit, Aus

задминавам другата кола

overtake the other car

надминавам

overtake

завладявам

overtake

overtook Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to overtake sb

обземам нкг

to overtake on the inside

изпреварвам отдясно

to overtake on the inside Brit, Aus

изпреварвам отляво

to overtake on the outside

изпреварвам отдясно

to overtake on the outside Am

изпреварвам отляво

I overtook him and was the first to enter

изпреварих го и влязох пръв

darkness overtook me in the woods

замръкнах в гората

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After about an hour or so, one of these parties overtook the villistas in a very narrow ravine.

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Cannon co-existed with throwing-machines until the mid-15th century, when they overtook the latter in terms of destructive power.

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However, events overtook this project and it was canceled.

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In mid-2004 mobile telephones overtook fixed lines in service for the first time.

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