rebalsar

v.

1 to dam water to form a pool.

2 to stop, to detain.

3 to overflow, to brim over, to be too full, to flow over.

El contenedor rebalsó The container overflowed.

4 to overfill, to cause to brim over.

El agua rebalsó la represa The water overfilled the dam.

5 to cause to burst its banks.

Las lluvias rebalsaron el río The rains caused the river to burst its banks

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1. VT

1) [+ agua] to dam, dam up, block

2) LAm [+ orillas] to burst, overflow

2.

See:

rebalsarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo (CS) to overflow

2.

rebalsar vt (CS)

las lluvias rebalsaron el río — the rains caused the river to burst its banks

lo llenó hasta rebalsarlo — she filled it to overflowing

3.

rebalsarse v pron (CS) agua/cauce/vaso to overflow

se rebalsó el río — the river burst its banks

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1.

verbo intransitivo (CS) to overflow

2.

rebalsar vt (CS)

las lluvias rebalsaron el río — the rains caused the river to burst its banks

lo llenó hasta rebalsarlo — she filled it to overflowing

3.

rebalsarse v pron (CS) agua/cauce/vaso to overflow

se rebalsó el río — the river burst its banks

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rebalsar [A1 ]

vi

(CS) to overflow

■ rebalsar

vt

(CS): las últimas lluvias han rebalsado el río the recent rains have caused the river to burst its banks

lo llenó hasta rebalsarlo she overfilled it, she filled it to overflowing

■ rebalsarse

v pron

(CS) «agua/cauce/vaso» to overflow

se rebalsó el río the river burst its banks

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rebalsar RP

♦ vt

el agua rebalsará la tina the bathtub will overflow;

Comp

ser la gota que rebalsa el vaso to be the last straw, to be the straw that broke the camel's back

♦ vi

to overflow;

dos por tres el río rebalsa the river is always bursting its banks

♦ See also the pronominal verb rebalsarse