demasía

f.

excess, glut, exaggeration, extreme.

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demasía

► nombre femenino

1 (exceso) excess, surplus

2 (abuso) abuse, outrage

3 (descaro) insolence, impudence

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en demasía excessively, in excess

■ fuma en demasía he smokes too much

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SF

1) (=exceso) excess

con o en demasía — too much, excessively

habló en demasía — he talked too much

el maquillaje, en demasía, es poco natural — too much make-up o an excess of make-up doesn't look very natural

2) (=insolencia) insolence

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en demasía — <beber> too much, excessively

todo alimento, tomado en demasía, es perjudicial — any food, when eaten in excess, can be harmful

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= bloat, glut.

Ex. The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.

Ex. Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.

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* en demasía = excess, to excess, excessively.

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en demasía — <beber> too much, excessively

todo alimento, tomado en demasía, es perjudicial — any food, when eaten in excess, can be harmful

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= bloat, glut.

Ex: The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.

Ex: Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.

* en demasía = excess, to excess, excessively.

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demasía

feminine

en demasía ‹beber› too much, excessively, to excess

todo alimento, tomado en demasía, es perjudicial any food, when eaten in excess, can be harmful

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demasía:

◊ en demasía ‹beber/comer› to excess;

todo alimento, tomado en demasía, es perjudicial any food, when eaten in excess, can be harmful

'demasía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
exceso
- grande

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demasía: en demasía loc adv

in excess, too much;

el vino, en demasía, es malo para la salud wine, if drunk to excess, is bad for your health

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demasía

f excess;

en demasía too much

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demasía nf

en demasía : excessively, in excess