overrun in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for overrun in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.overrun <pt overran, pp overrun> VB trans [Am ˌoʊvərˈrən, Brit əʊvəˈrʌn]

1. overrun (invade, swarm over):

overrun

invadir

to be overrun with sth

estar plagado de algo

the place was overrun with cockroaches

el lugar estaba plagado or infestado de cucarachas

2. overrun (exceed):

overrun

exceder

II.overrun <pt overran, pp overrun> VB intr [Am ˌoʊvərˈrən, Brit əʊvəˈrʌn]

the meeting overran by half an hour

la reunión se prolongó media hora más de lo previsto

III.overrun N [Am ˈoʊvərˌrən, Brit ˈəʊvərʌn]

we will not allow any budget overruns

no admitiremos que se exceda or se rebase el presupuesto

the article had a 400-word overrun

el artículo sobrepasaba en 400 palabras la longitud establecida

cost overrun N

cost overrun

sobrecosto m

cost overrun

sobrecoste m Spain

Translations for overrun in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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sobrecoste

cost overrun

sobrecosto

cost overrun

una plaga de langostas invadió la plantación

the plantation was overrun by a plague of locusts

da lástima ver el abandono en que se encuentran estos jardines

it's terrible to see how overrun o overgrown these gardens have become

overrun in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for overrun in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.overrun [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn, Am ˌoʊvɚˈ-] N

overrun

sobrecoste m

II.overrun [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn, Am ˌoʊvɚˈ-] VB trans irreg

1. overrun (invade):

overrun

invadir

to be overrun with sth

estar plagado de algo

2. overrun budget:

overrun

exceder

III.overrun [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn, Am ˌoʊvɚˈ-] VB intr irreg

overrun

prolongarse más de lo previsto

to overrun on costs

excederse en los costes

Translations for overrun in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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el jardín se está llenando de maleza

the garden is becoming overrun with weeds

rebasar MIL

to overrun

infestar de algo

to overrun with sth

invadir

to overrun

prolongarse (reunión)

to overrun

correr

to overrun

overrun Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be overrun with sth

estar plagado de algo

to overrun on costs

excederse en los costes

the garden is becoming overrun with weeds

el jardín se está llenando de maleza

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The guards on duty were quickly overrun and locked into cells.

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Complain's small tribe roam nomadically through corridors overrun by vegetation.

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Three types of explanation for cost overrun exist: technical, psychological, and political-economic.

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From this distribution, a cost value can be selected that has the desired probability of having a cost underrun or cost overrun.

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The city paid $270 million; private donors paid the rest, and assumed roughly half of the financial responsibility for the cost overruns.

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Cost overruns due to higher-than-estimated land acquisition costs caused delays as the project was revised to save money.

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Cost overrun is common in infrastructure, building, and technology projects.

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This may be a reason for the significant cost overruns it was originally expected to cost only $1.15 million.

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Runway has 700ft m overrun on the south end.

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However, only six months after opening, the complex ran into financial troubles due to construction cost overruns.

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