OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 2174

overweight

/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
con sobrepeso • tener sobrepeso
Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
Before her diet, Jane was noticeably overweight, but she shed five kilos in the next two months.
con demasiada pesadura • con exceso de peso • con pesantez excesiva • tener demasiado pesor • tener exceso de pesadez • tener pesadumbre excesiva
Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.
He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be overweight and threatened to pull him off the road.