overheating

incontável

A noun referring to the condition of becoming excessively hot, often beyond a safe or optimal level.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o estado de aquecimento excessivo, frequentemente além de um nível seguro ou ideal, podendo se referir a máquinas, dispositivos eletrônicos, ambientes ou à economia.

1. Excessive heating B2 formal

   The condition of becoming too hot, often beyond safe or normal levels.

   • The engine's overheating caused the car to break down.
   • Overheating of the laptop can damage its internal components.
   • The system shut down automatically to prevent overheating.

   🇵🇹superaquecimento

   Antônimos: coolingrefrigeration

• overheatings plural form
• overheatings' possessive plural form
• overheating's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of becoming too hot, or causing something to become too hot, often resulting in damage or malfunction.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar que algo fica quente demais ou provoca aquecimento excessivo, o que costuma causar danos ou mau funcionamento.

1. Become excessively hot B1 formal

   To become too hot, often in a way that is undesirable or dangerous.

   • The car engine began to overheat after driving for hours in the desert.
   • If you leave your phone in direct sunlight, it may overheat.
   • The computer's cooling fan stopped working, causing it to overheat.

   🇵🇹Superaquecer

   Sinônimos: boil overburn upscorchsearsinge

   Antônimos: cool

2. Make something excessively hot B1 formal

   To cause something to become too hot, often by applying too much heat or using it too much.

   • Be careful not to overheat the pan when cooking with oil.
   • The technician warned that overclocking the processor could overheat the system.
   • She accidentally overheated the milk, causing it to boil over.

   🇵🇹Superaquecer

   Antônimos: chillcoolrefrigerate

• overheated past participle
• overheated past simple
• overheating present participle
• overheats third person singular