The engine's starting to overheat.
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Overheat
//ˌoʊvɚˈhit//
Synonyms for "overheat" (14 found)
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Translations
52 translations across 17 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- пераграва́цца verb (become excessively hot)
- пераграва́ць verb (heat excessively)
- перагрэ́цца verb (become excessively hot)
- перагрэ́ць verb (heat excessively)
Bulgarian
3 entries- прегряване noun (condition)
- прегрявам verb (heat excessively)
- прегрявам се verb (become excessively hot)
Catalan
1 entries- sobreescalfar verb (become excessively hot)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 過熱 /过热 noun (condition)
- 失控增長 /失控增长 verb (grow too quickly)
- 過熱 /过热 verb (heat excessively)
- 過熱 /过热 verb (become excessively hot)
Finnish
4 entries- ylikuumeneminen noun (condition)
- ylilämpö noun (condition)
- ylikuumentaa verb (heat excessively)
- ylikuumentua verb (become excessively hot)
French
1 entries- surchauffer verb (heat excessively)
Georgian
2 entries- გადაცხელება verb (heat excessively)
- გადახურება verb (heat excessively)
German
2 entries- überhitzen verb (heat excessively)
- überhitzen verb (become excessively hot)
Hungarian
4 entries- túlfűt verb (heat excessively)
- túlhevít verb (heat excessively)
- túlhevül verb (become excessively hot)
- túlmelegszik verb (become excessively hot)
Old English
2 entries- forhǣtan verb (heat excessively)
- forhǣtan verb (become excessively hot)
Polish
4 entries- przegrzać verb (heat excessively)
- przegrzać się verb (become excessively hot)
- przegrzewać verb (heat excessively)
- przegrzewać się verb (become excessively hot)
Portuguese
3 entries- rescaldar verb (become excessively hot)
- sobreaquecer verb (heat excessively)
- sobreaquecer verb (become excessively hot)
Russian
4 entries- перегре́ть verb (heat excessively)
- перегре́ться verb (become excessively hot)
- перегрева́ть verb (heat excessively)
- перегрева́ться verb (become excessively hot)
Spanish
4 entries- recalentar verb (heat excessively)
- recalentarse verb (become excessively hot)
- rechizar verb (heat excessively)
- sobrecalentar verb (heat excessively)
Swedish
1 entries- överhetta verb (heat excessively)
Ukrainian
4 entries- перегрі́ти verb (heat excessively)
- перегрі́тися verb (become excessively hot)
- перегріва́ти verb (heat excessively)
- перегріва́тися verb (become excessively hot)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trở nên quá nóng verb (become excessively hot)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
If plants don’t get enough water, they can overheat.
Source: tatoeba (6479035)
Reactors there are threatening to overheat and radioactive steam has already been vented into the atmosphere.
Source: tatoeba (11165240)
Don't leave the TV on for too long, it can overheat.
Source: tatoeba (11887164)
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