"Stuck in traffic" "Estar en un trancon"

Question

Hi all. Two questions, how does one say that they are stuck in traffic or that there is a lot of traffic on whatever road? Secondly, my Colombian friends say "estoy en un trancon" to mean that they are stuck in traffic but is this regional? Thanks!

Regional. - annierats, May 27, 2016

Answer 1

Is something regional. "Estoy atorado en el tráfico, "hay mucho tráfico", "las calles están terribles", they all can be used. In México, when you are sruck in the traffic you can say "estoy en un embotellamiento", "estoy atrapado en un embotellamiento"

Estoy de acuerdo pues el famoso embotellamiento es una ocurrencia diaria y la mayor causa de la contaminación en el DF - 005faa61, May 27, 2016

Gracias :) - Zein-, May 27, 2016

Answer 2

Hay que intentar disfrutar de los atascos. Si no.. bueno..lo siento vas a acabar estresado.

Answer 3

I know Puerto Ricans that regualrly use tapón (e.g. "Hay un tapón" There is a traffic jam).

Good to know! - Jubilado, May 27, 2016

Answer 4

I was in Colombia and learned the word "trancón" to mean traffic jam or slowdown (by the way near any big city there are too few highways and too many trancones). It is used primarily and perhaps exclusively in Colombian Spanish. I really prefer using trancón to embotellamiento(but that's my lazy American attitude showing).

Do you know if it was used exclusively in Bogota or in other cities as well? - Zein-, May 30, 2016