Polyglot Dictionary

hacinar

/asiˈnaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
hacino
preterite (yo)
haciné
past participle
hacinado

Meaning

  1. to crowd

    • Los presos estaban hacinados.

      The prisoners were crammed together.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

aglomerar

hacinar specifically means to cram people or things together in a cramped space, often negatively; aglomerar is more neutral, simply to gather or cluster together.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

aglomerar

aglomerar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to crowd."

Practice

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