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queue

la cola

hacer cola

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queue

1. (line) (United Kingdom)

a. la cola

The queues are always so long at Christmas time.Las colas siempre son muy largas durante las navidades.

b. la fila

The woman did not realize she had skipped the queue.La mujer no se dio cuenta de que se había saltado la fila.

2. (computing)

a. la cola

There are a couple of documents in the print queue.Hay un par de documentos en la cola de impresión.

3. (to wait in line) (United Kingdom)

a. hacer cola

We've been queueing for nearly an hour to get into the theatre.Llevamos casi una hora haciendo cola para entrar al teatro.

b. hacer fila

The refugees queued for bread at the refugee camp.Los refugiados hacían fila para conseguir pan en el campo de refugiados.

queue

1. (line) (United Kingdom)

a. la cola

to form a queuehacer cola

to jump the queuecolarse

2. (general)

a. hacer cola

queue [kjuː] especially (Britain)

noun

cola (f)

to form a queue stand in a queue hacer cola

to jump the queue colarse (informal); saltarse la cola

intransitive verb

(also queue up) hacer cola

to queue for three hours pasar tres horas haciendo cola; we queued for tickets hicimos cola para comprar entradas

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add to queue

agregar a la cola

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