OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4381

burden

/ˈbɜːdn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carga
A heavy load.
I know that this was Life,—the track ⁠Whereon with equal feet we fared; ⁠And then, as now, the day prepared The daily burden for the back.
There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.
carga • lastre • pejiguera • responsabilidad • rémora
A responsibility, onus.
preocupación
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
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📚 verb • entry_id 4382

burden

/ˈbɜːdn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
endilgar • endiñar • enjaretar • gravar • uncir • uñir
To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
My burdened heart would break.
to burden a nation with taxes
uncir • uñir
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).