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inundar

to flood

verb ee-noon-DAHR Rare
Animals & Nature Weather

Also means

to inundate

Usage Note

Inundar is used both literally (water flooding a space) and figuratively (inundar el mercado means to flood the market with goods). The reflexive inundarse describes a place becoming flooded: la calle se inundó means 'the street flooded'.

Examples

"La lluvia inundó las calles del barrio."

Natural Translation

The rain flooded the streets of the neighbourhood.

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