trabazón

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾabaˈθon/ [t̪ɾa.β̞aˈθõn] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /tɾabaˈson/ [t̪ɾa.β̞aˈsõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: tra‧ba‧zón

Noun

trabazón f (plural trabazones)

  1. joining together
    Synonyms: ilación, ligazón
  2. (countable, El Salvador) traffic jam, congestion
    Synonyms: embotellamiento, congestión
    Las trabazones de hoy no se aguantan.
    Today's traffic jams are unbearable.
    • Manuel Hinds (29 September 2016) “No saben que no saben”, in El Diario de Hoy‎[1], archived from the original on 28 November 2020: “Los carros no pueden pasar por las casas. Ignorar este tema solo aumentará la velocidad con la que los carros llegarán a la trabazón.”
      Cars can't go through houses. Ignoring this topic [creating or having long multilane streets] will only increase the speed at which cars form a traffic jam.

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