amontonar

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amontonar
transitive verb
1to pile up (apilar); to accumulate (reunir)
amontonarse
pronomial verb
1to form a crowd (personas); to pile up (problemas, trabajo); to come thick and fast (ideas, solicitudes)

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amontonar [ah-mon-to-nar’]
article & verb transitive
1To heap or throw things together without order or choice; to accumulate, to gather, to hoard, to lay up.
  • Vive amontonando fichas -> he’s been collecting data in large quantities
2(Pict.) To group a crowd of figures in a painting.
verb reflexive
3To fly into a passion; to grow angry or vexed, and not listen to reason, to pile up, to accumulate.
  • La gente se amontonó en la salida -> people crowded into the exit
To go up in smoke.(And) To revert to scrub (terreno).

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amontonar
verbo:transitivo
1 (apilar) to pile (up); heap (up); [+datos] to gather; collect; [+dinero] to hoard; [+nieve, nubes] to bank up
viene amontonando fichas he's been collecting data in large quantities; amontonar alabanzas sobre algn to heap praises on sb
2 (And) (insultar) to insult
verbo:pronominal
amontonarse
1 (apilarse) to pile up; [+nubes] to gather; [+hojas, nieve] to drift; [+datos] to accumulate; [+desastres] to come one on top of another; [+gente] to crowd; crowd together
viven amontonados (familiar) they're shacked up together; (familiar) la gente se amontonó en la salida people crowded into the exit; people jammed the exit; se amontonaron los coches the cars got into a jam
2 (familiar) (enfadarse) to fly off the handle; (familiar)
3 (And) [+terreno] to revert to scrub

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Verb Conjugation for "amontonar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo amontono amontoné amontonaba amontonaré amontone
Tú amontonas amontonaste amontonabas amontonarás amontones
Ella/Él/Usted amontona amontonó amontonaba amontonará amontone
Nosotros amontonamos amontonamos amontonábamos amontonaremos amontonemos
Vosotros amontonáis amontonasteis amontonabais amontonaréis amontonéis
Ellos/Ustedes amontonan amontonaron amontonaban amontonarán amontonen
Gerund: amontonando / Participle: amontonado / Complete amontonar conjugation >
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