crowd

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la multitud

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crowd
[kraʊd]
sustantivo
1muchedumbre (f) multitud (f) (large number of people); público (m) (at soccer match)
  • to stand out from the crowd (sentido figurado) -> destacar, sobresalir
  • to follow the crowd (sentido figurado) -> dejarse llevar por la masa
  • to be a crowd puller -> atraer a las masas
  • crowd scene -> escena (f) de masas (in film)
2pandilla (f) (familiar) (group)bola (f) (español de México)barra (f) (RP)
  • the usual crowd were there -> estaba la gente de siempre, estaban los de siempre
verbo transitivo
3atestar, abarrotar
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to crowd (together) -> apiñarse, amontonarse
  • to crowd round somebody -> apiñarse en torno de alguien

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crowd [kraud]
sustantivo
1Tropel, gentío, turba, concurso; apretura; muchedumbre, tumulto, (gathering of people); populacho, vulgo.
  • There was quite a crowd -> había mucha gente
  • Crowd of shoppers -> multitud de clientes
2Antiguo instrumento músico de Irlanda y Gales, parecido al violín.
  • To get through the crowd -> atravesar o abrirse camino por medio del gentío
  • To go with/follow the crowd -> seguir a la manada, dejarse arrastrar o llevar por la corriente (masses, average folk)
  • They’re a nice crowd -> son gente simpática (group, set)
Fue el primero de su clase que se tocó con arco.(Coloq.)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Aglomerarse. (n)
  • They crowded around him -> se aglomeraron a su alrededor
  • They crowded into the hall -> entraron en tropel a la sala
  • Don’t try to crowd everything onto one page -> no trates de meter todo en una página
-va. Llenar, abarrotar (people/hall, entrance).

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crowd [kraʊd]
noun
1 (mass of people) multitud; (f) muchedumbre; (f)
he disappeared into the crowd desapareció entre la multitud la muchedumbre el gentío;oror she lost him in the crowd lo perdió de vista entre la multitud la muchedumbre el gentío;oror crowds of people una multitud de gente; there was quite a crowd había bastante gente; they always go round in a crowd siempre salen en grupo
a huge crowd gathered in the square it took two hours to disperse the crowd troops opened fire on a crowd of protesters
accidents always draw a crowd los accidentes siempre atraen a un gentío; she's the sort of person who stands out in a crowd es la típica persona que (se) destaca en un grupo de gente
it got mixed up with a crowd of other papers there was a whole crowd of books all over the floor the note was lost in a crowd of pieces of paper on the board
2 (spectators) público; (m) espectadores; (m)
a crowd of 10,000 watched the parade 10.000 espectadores presenciaron el desfile
\the crowd surged forward\ when a goal was scored the noise of the crowd was deafening
the away/home crowd (Ftbl) los seguidores del equipo visitante/de casa; the match drew a big crowd el partido atrajo mucho público; he certainly draws the crowds [+performer] no cabe duda de que atrae mucho público
3 (informal) (social group) gente; (f)
I don't like that crowd at all esa gente no me gusta nada; she got in with a nice crowd at work se juntó con (una) gente maja en el trabajo; all the old crowd have come out for the occasion la antigua pandilla ha salido para celebrar la ocasión
4 (common people)
the crowd: she's just one of the crowd es del montón; to follow the crowd dejarse llevar por los demás por la corriente;or he likes to stand out from the crowd le gusta distinguirse de los demás
verb:transitive
1 (fill) [+place] atestar; llenar
demonstrators crowded the streets los manifestantes atestaron llenaron las calles;or new buildings crowd the narrow lanes of the old town los nuevos edificios se apiñan en los estrechos callejones del casco viejo; the thoughts that crowded her mind los pensamientos que le inundaban la mente
don't crowd the pan - fry a few at a time antique dealers crowd the showrooms each week people crowded the aisles of the supermarket at Christmas it's mainly women and children who crowd doctors' waiting rooms to crowd a place [with]
2 (squeeze, force) apiñar
things into a place
they crowded the prisoners into trucks apiñaron a los prisioneros en unos camiones
a group of journalists were crowded into a minibus
3 (press against) empujar
they crowded me against the wall me empujaron contra la pared
they started crowding me against a line of cars so then he, this man, started crowding her. Back against the wall drug-dealers crowded him off the pavements
4 (harass) agobiar
I do things at my own pace, so don't crowd me deja de agobiarme, me gusta trabajar a mi ritmo
I feel as if you're crowding me when you question me all the time I think my mother-in-law would rather I didn't crowd her until it's necessary - she prefers to be mistress in her own kitchen it had been a tense day, with people crowding her all the time
verb:intransitive
(gather together) apiñarse
they crowded at the window to see him se apiñaron en la ventana para verlo; to crowd in entrar en tropel; memories crowded in on me me inundó una ola de recuerdos; dense vegetation crowded in on both sides of the road la vegetación crecía espesa a ambos lados de la carretera; I feel as if everything's crowding in on me me siento desbordado por todo; we all crowded into her little flat todos nos metimos en su pisito, abarrotándolo de gente; thousands of people have crowded into the capital miles de personas han llegado en tropel a la capital
party workers chanted as they crowded in the main hall
to crowd around round sth/sbor apiñarse alrededor de algo/algn
he lay on the pavement as people crowded around they crowded round the television set the hungry refugees crowded around the tractors police blocked off the road as hotel staff and guests crowded around they crowded [together] near the door
modifier
crowd control (n) control de masas; (m)
crowd scene (n) (Cine) (Teat) escena masiva multitudinaria; (f)or

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Verb Conjugation for "crowd"

Imperative
  • crowd
  • you crowd
  • he/she crowds
  • we crowd
  • you crowd
  • they crowd
Preterite
  • I crowded
  • you crowded
  • he/she crowded
  • we crowded
  • you crowded
  • they crowded
Present Continuous
  • I am crowding
  • you are crowding
  • he/she is crowding
  • we are crowding
  • you are crowding
  • they are crowding
Present Perfect
  • I have crowded
  • you have crowded
  • he/she has crowded
  • we have crowded
  • you have crowded
  • they have crowded
Past Continuous
  • I was crowding
  • you were crowding
  • he/she was crowding
  • we were crowding
  • you were crowding
  • they were crowding
Past Perfect
  • I had crowded
  • you had crowded
  • he/she had crowded
  • we had crowded
  • you had crowded
  • they had crowded
Future
  • I will crowd
  • you will crowd
  • he/she will crowd
  • we will crowd
  • you will crowd
  • they will crowd
Future Perfect
  • I will have crowded
  • you will have crowded
  • he/she will have crowded
  • we will have crowded
  • you will have crowded
  • they will have crowded
Future Continuous
  • I will be crowding
  • you will be crowding
  • he/she will be crowding
  • we will be crowding
  • you will be crowding
  • they will be crowding
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been crowding
  • you have been crowding
  • he/she has been crowding
  • we have been crowding
  • you have been crowding
  • they have been crowding
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been crowding
  • you will have been crowding
  • he/she will have been crowding
  • we will have been crowding
  • you will have been crowding
  • they will have been crowding
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been crowding
  • you had been crowding
  • he/she had been crowding
  • we had been crowding
  • you had been crowding
  • they had been crowding
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