overboard

• Advérbio que significa «para fora do navio ou barco, caindo na água». Também é usado em sentido figurado em expressões como «exagerar» (go overboard), indicando fazer algo em excesso ou com entusiasmo demasiado.

An adverb meaning "over the side of a ship or boat into the water." It is also used figuratively in phrases like "go overboard" to mean doing something excessively or with too much enthusiasm.

1. To extremesB2informal

   To an excessive or exaggerated degree, often in behavior or action.

   Ao extremo

   • He went overboard with the decorations for the party.
   • Don't go overboard on spending for the wedding.
   • She tends to go overboard when planning vacations.

   Sinônimosbeyond measureexcessivelyimmoderatelyinordinatelyovermuchundulyunrestrainedly

   Antônimosmoderatelytemperately

2. From a vessel into the waterB1formal

   Over the side of a ship or boat into the water.

   Ao mar

   • The sailor fell overboard during the storm.
   • They threw the anchor overboard to stop the boat.
   • A rescue team was sent to retrieve the man who went overboard.