submerger

submerger [sybmεʀʒe]

➭ TABLE 3 transitive verb

[+ terres, barque] to submerge

• submergé de [+ appels téléphoniques, commandes] snowed under with

• submergé de travail snowed under with work

• le standard est submergé d'appels the switchboard is inundated with calls

• les hôpitaux sont submergés de blessés the hospitals are overflowing with wounded people

• nous étions complètement submergés we were completely snowed under

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sybmɛʀʒe

verbe transitif

1) (inonder) lit to submerge [terre, récif]; fig to flood [standard téléphonique, marché] (de with)

2) (dominer) [foule, ennemi, émotion] to overwhelm [personne, groupe]

3) (accabler)

submerger quelqu'un de travail — to inundate somebody with work

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sybmɛʀʒe vt

1) [eau] to submerge

2) [foule] to engulf

3) [sentiments] to overwhelm

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submerger verb table: manger vtr

1 (inonder) lit to submerge [terre, récif]; fig to flood [standard téléphonique, marché] (de with); une vague de nationalisme/colère a submergé le pays a wave of nationalism/anger swept over ou through the country;

2 (dominer) [foule, ennemi, émotion] to overwhelm [personne, groupe];

3 (accabler) submerger qn de travail/questions to swamp sb with work/questions.

[sybmɛrʒe] verbe transitif

1. [inonder] to flood, to submerge

2. [envahir - suj: angoisse, joie] to overcome, to overwhelm ; [ - suj: réclamations] to inundate, to swamp ; [ - suj: dettes] to overwhelm, to swamp

notre standard est submergé d'appels our switchboard's swamped with ou jammed by calls

je suis submergé de travail I'm snowed under with work

se laisser submerger to allow oneself to be overcome

3. [écraser - défenseur] to overwhelm, to overrun

le service d'ordre fut rapidement submergé par les manifestants the police were soon unable to contain the demonstrators