agobiado

adj.

1 overwhelmed, overburdened.

2 exhausted, tired.

3 weighed-down, bent-over, bent, bowed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: agobiar.

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agobiado

► participio pasado

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► adjetivo

1 (doblado) bent over/down, weighed down

2 figurado (cansado) exhausted; (abrumado) overwhelmed

■ agobiado de trabajo up to one's eyes in work

■ agobiado de problemas snowed under with problems

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ADJ

1) [persona]

estar agobiado: estamos agobiados de trabajo — we're up to our eyes in work *

estaba agobiada por tantas visitas — she found all these visitors overwhelming o a bit too much *

no puedo hacerlo porque estoy agobiado con otras cosas — I can't do it, I'm rushed off my feet with other things * o I've got too much else on *

2) [lugar] cluttered

el dormitorio queda muy agobiado con tantos muebles — the bedroom is very cluttered with all the furniture

3)

ser agobiado de hombros — Cono Sur to have a stoop

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-da adjetivo

a) (abrumado)

estar agobiado de trabajo — to be snowed under with work

estar agobiado de deudas — to be overwhelmed with debts

estaba agobiada con tantos problemas — she was weighed down by all those problems

b) (esp Esp) (angustiado)

estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)

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= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.

Ex. The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.

Ex. This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.

Ex. Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps .

Ex. Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.

Ex. But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.

Ex. The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.

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* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.

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-da adjetivo

a) (abrumado)

estar agobiado de trabajo — to be snowed under with work

estar agobiado de deudas — to be overwhelmed with debts

estaba agobiada con tantos problemas — she was weighed down by all those problems

b) (esp Esp) (angustiado)

estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)

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= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.

Ex: The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.

Ex: This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.

Ex: Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps .

Ex: Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.

Ex: But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.

Ex: The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.

* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.

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agobiado -da

adjective

1

(abrumado): estamos agobiados de trabajo we're rushed off our feet with work (colloq), we're snowed under with work

están agobiados de deudas they are burdened with debts, they're up to their ears in debt (colloq)

estaba agobiada con tantos problemas she was weighed down by so many problems

2

(RPl) (encorvado): agobiado de hombros round-shouldered

camina agobiado de hombros he walks with a stoop

3 (esp Esp) (angustiado) uptight (colloq)

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Del verbo agobiar: (conjugate agobiar)

agobiado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
agobiado    
agobiar
agobiado

◊ -da adjetivo [estar] agobiado de algo ‹de trabajo› snowed under with sth;

‹de deudas› overwhelmed with sth;

◊ estaba agobiada con tantos problemas she was weighed down by all those problems

agobiar (conjugate agobiar) verbo transitivo [problemas/responsabilidad] to weigh o get … down;

[calor] to oppress, get … down;

◊ te agobia con tanta amabilidad she smothers you with kindness;

este niño me agobia this child is too much for me
agobiado,-a adjetivo overwhelmed: está agobiado de problemas, he's overwhelmed with problems
estoy agobiado de trabajo, I'm snowed under with work
agobiar verbo transitivo to overwhelm

'agobiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiada
- apurada
- apurado
English:
debt ridden
- pressure

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agobiado, -a adj

están agobiados de trabajo they're snowed under with work;

están agobiados de problemas they're weighed down with problems;

está agobiado por las deudas he's weighed down with debt, he's up to his ears in debt;

está agobiado por el éxito the burden of his success is beginning to tell on him

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agobiado

adj fig

stressed out;

agobiado de trabajo snowed under with work

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agobiado, -da adj

: weary, worn-out, weighted-down