trabazón

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾabaˈθon/ [t̪ɾa.β̞aˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾabaˈson/ [t̪ɾa.β̞aˈsõn]
• 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 (2016 September 29) “No saben que no saben”, in El Diario de Hoy‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-11-28: “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.

Further reading

• “trabazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16