overdo

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈduː/
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• General-American: /ˌoʊvɚˈdu/
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• homophone: overdue (US, some dialects)
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• rhymes with -uː
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 D UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + do.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: прекалявам (prekaljavam) — to do too much of something
• Catalan: exagerar — to do too much of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 做得過分 /做得过分 (zuò de guòfèn) — to do too much of something
• Czech: přehnat — to do too much of something
• Dutch: overdrijven — to do too much of something
• Esperanto: trofari — to do too much of something
• Esperanto: troigi — to do too much of something
• Finnish: liioitella — to do too much of something
• French: en faire trop — to do too much of something
• Galician: esaxerar — to do too much of something
• Galician: pasarse — to do too much of something
• Galician: excederse — to do too much of something
• German: übertreiben — to do too much of something
• Greek: παρακάνω (parakáno) — to do too much of something
• Greek: παραξηλώνω (paraxilóno) — to do too much of something
• Hungarian: túlzásba visz — to do too much of something
• Hungarian: eltúloz — to do too much of something
• Italian: esagerare — to do too much of something
• Japanese: やり過ぎる (yarisugiru) — to do too much of something
• Polish: przesadzać — to do too much of something
• Polish: przesadzić — to do too much of something
• Portuguese: exagerar — to do too much of something
• Russian: перестараться (perestaratʹsja) — to do too much of something
• Russian: переусердствовать (pereuserdstvovatʹ) — to do too much of something
• Russian: переборщить (pereborščitʹ) — to do too much of something
• Slovene: pretiravati — to do too much of something
• Spanish: pasarse con — to do too much of something
• Spanish: írsele la mano — to do too much of something
• Spanish: exigirse demasiado en — to do too much of something
• Spanish: excederse con — to do too much of something
• Spanish: desmesurarse con — to do too much of something
• Spanish: sobrehacer — to do too much of something
• Bulgarian: препичам (prepičam) — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Bulgarian: преварявам (prevarjavam) — to cook too much — see also overcook
• French: trop cuire — to cook too much — see also overcook
• German: zu lange kochen — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Hungarian: túlfőz — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Hungarian: túlsüt — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Italian: cuocere troppo — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Polish: rozgotowywać — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Polish: rozgotować — to cook too much — see also overcook
• Bulgarian: преуморявам (preumorjavam) — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Hungarian: túlhajszol — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Hungarian: agyonhajszol — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Hungarian: kimerít — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Māori: whakawhēnanau — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Māori: whakakoio — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Polish: nużyć — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Polish: znużyć — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Polish: męczyć — to fatigue, to exhaust
• Polish: zmęczyć — to fatigue, to exhaust