Taco = traffic jam

Question

Is this right? Encontré un taco en la carretera. Taco is traffic jam?

also traffic jam -> atasco (m) , embotellamiento (m) from our dictionary - 0074b507, May 3, 2010

Not used in Argentina. We use "embotellamiento, tapón". - 00e657d4, May 4, 2010

Answer 1

Yes, but not in every country. If I recall correctly, it is used in Chile and some other South American countries, but I may have my geography reversed.

Answer 2

Other options: "tranca", "cola", "colón", "tráfico", "tapón", "embotellamiento". I can imagine that almost each country has at least one special word for this special form of torture.

Answer 3

Muy interesante, un atasco es lo que me acuerdo de España.

Answer 4

Hello,

En Colombia algunas personas usan "trancón". I have never heard "taco" used like that there.

Answer 5

TAco is swear word in Spain, funny, jeje

Traffic jam: atasco

Colloquial: follón

Good for you to remember Margerit

Answer 6

Yeah I think Rocket Spanish is actually from Chile. I couldn't tell if he was saying "taco" or "taquo" or something, and I kept thinking of "choque".

"Choque" is when you crash into something. - --Mariana--, May 4, 2010