pile-up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pile-up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pileup [Am ˈpaɪlˌəp, Brit ˈpʌɪlʌp] N

pileup

choque m múltiple

pileup

choque m en cadena

pileup

carambola f Mex

I.pile up VB [Am paɪl -, Brit pʌɪl -] (v + adv)

1. pile up (accumulate):

pile up mail/problems:

amontonarse

pile up mail/problems:

acumularse

2. pile up (crash):

pile up cars:

chocar en cadena

pile up cars:

hacer carambola Mex

II.pile up VB [Am paɪl -, Brit pʌɪl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

1. pile up (form pile):

pile up books/boxes

apilar

pile up books/boxes

amontonar

2. pile up (collect):

pile up fortune

amasar

pile up sum

juntar

pile up sum

reunir

they piled up huge debts

se llenaron de deudas

I.multiple [Am ˈməltəpəl, Brit ˈmʌltɪp(ə)l] ADJ

1. multiple (involving many elements):

multiple

múltiple

multiple birth

parto m múltiple

multiple personality (disorder)

trastorno m de personalidad múltiple

multiple personality (disorder)

personalidad f múltiple

multiple pile-up

choque m múltiple

multiple pile-up

colisión f múltiple

2. multiple (many):

multiple

múltiples

multiple errors

múltiples errores

II.multiple [Am ˈməltəpəl, Brit ˈmʌltɪp(ə)l] N

multiple

múltiplo m

in multiples of 5

en múltiplos de cinco

Translations for pile-up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

choque conjunto N m

choque conjunto

pile-up

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choque múltiple

pileup

aglomerar

to pile up

apilar

to pile up

apilarse

to pile up

amontonar

to pile up

amontonarse objetos/trabajo:

to pile up

carambola

pileup

arrumar

to pile up

pile-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pile-up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pile-up [ˈpaɪlʌp] N

pile-up

accidente m múltiple

I.pile up VB intr

1. pile up (accumulate):

pile up

acumularse

2. pile up (form a pile):

pile up

apilarse

II.pile up VB trans

pile up

amontonar

Translations for pile-up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

accidente N m

1. accidente (suceso desgraciado):

accidente

accident

accidente en cadena

pile-up

accidente de circulación

traffic [or road] accident

por accidente

by accident

sufrir un accidente

to have an accident

2. accidente MED:

accidente

faint

3. accidente (desnivel):

accidente

unevenness

accidentes geográficos

geographical features

cadena N f

1. cadena tb. fig (objeto, sucesión):

cadena

chain

cadena alimentaria BIOL

food chain

cadena (antideslizante) AUTO

snow chain

cadena de contagio [o de infección] MED

chain of infection

cadena hotelera

hotel chain

cadena humana

human chain

cadena de luces

string of lights

cadena perpetua LAW

life imprisonment

cadena de reciclado ECOL

recycling chain

trabajo en cadena

assembly-line work

atar un perro con cadena

to chain up a dog

choque en cadena

pile-up

reacción en cadena

chain reaction

2. cadena GEO:

cadena

mountain chain

3. cadena RADIO, TV:

cadena

network

cadena de sonido

sound system

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apilar

to pile up

apilarse

to pile up

acumuchar

to pile up

aglomerar (amontonar)

to pile up

amontonar

to pile up

amontonarse

to pile up

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If a multiple fatal pile-up had occurred as a result of this dog, then that would be the fault of the police too.

www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk

A related issue is that humans tend to drive too close together - a car braking too rapidly will almost certainly cause a pile-up.

www.gizmodo.com.au

The pile-up of references is cheesy fun, but it's hard to care seriously about this battle of good and evil.

www.independent.co.uk

The fully covered plant reeks due to the huge pile-up of garbage and the decomposing process.

www.deccanherald.com

Some fights are slow-burning masterpieces, and others play like a pile-up of gratuitous action sequences.

grantland.com

Again, if we took out a lot of the referee's whistle and just had a pile-up: what's the worst thing that could happen?

www.espn.com.au

The third saloon race was not completed due to a large pile-up at the start of the race.

www.stuff.co.nz

The incident caused a traffic pile-up in the area as police and curious onlookers gathered at the scene.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

The former athlete maintains she was not speeding or doing anything wrong at the time of the pile-up.

www.torontosun.com

So what's the best solution to the coffee cup pile-up?

www.choice.com.au