embotellamiento

/emboteʝaˈmjento/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
embotellamientos

Meaning

  1. traffic jam

    • Hay un embotellamiento en la autopista.

      There's a jam on the motorway.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Similar words

atasco

atasco and embotellamiento are close synonyms for "traffic jam"; embotellamiento is perhaps slightly more formal.

Similar in other languages

French

embouteillage

embouteillage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Portuguese

engarrafamento

engarrafamento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Practice

1 What does embotellamiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay un ___ en la autopista.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches embotellamiento?

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