pileup
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This word may also be written "pile-up."
pileup
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el choque múltiple (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
There was a nasty pileup on the highway yesterday.Ayer hubo un choque múltiple muy feo en la autopista.
b. el choque en cadena (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Fortunately, no one was killed in the pileup.Afortunadamente, no hubo muertos a causa del choque en cadena.
c. la carambola (F) (Mexico)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Mexico
Traffic was stopped for hours because of the ten-car pileup.El tráfico estuvo parado durante varias horas por la carambola entre diez carros.
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