atasco — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blockage noun Something that clogs or obstructs a passage, or the state of being obstructed.
- bottleneck noun A point where a process, road, or system narrows and slows everything passing through it.
- congestion noun A build-up of traffic, or the blockage this causes.
- gridlock noun A traffic jam so severe that vehicles cannot move in any direction; also used for a complete standstill in progress or negotiations.
- jam noun A sweet spread made by boiling fruit with sugar until it thickens.
Senses
atasco is used for these senses in English:
- blockage (uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
- blockage (countable) The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
- bottleneck (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
- congestion An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
- gridlock (road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
- gridlock On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
- jam (countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
- traffic jam A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.