abarrotado

adj.

crammed, packed, completely full, crowded.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: abarrotar.

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abarrotado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=abarrotar}}abarrotar

► adjetivo

1 (cosas) packed (de, with), crammed (de, with); (personas) jam-packed (de, with), packed (de, with)

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(f. - abarrotada)

adj.

1) packed

2) crowded

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ADJ [sala, tren] packed, jam-packed

• estar abarrotado de — [+ personas] to be packed o jam-packed with; [+ objetos] to be crammed o jam-packed with

el cine estaba abarrotado (de gente) — the cinema was packed

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-da adjetivo crammed, packed

abarrotado de algo — <de gente> packed o crammed with something

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= congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.

Ex. Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.

Ex. The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.

Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore ... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex. The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.

Ex. Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.

Ex. They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.

Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

Ex. The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.

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* abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

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-da adjetivo crammed, packed

abarrotado de algo — <de gente> packed o crammed with something

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= congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.

Ex: Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.

Ex: The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.

Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore ... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex: The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.

Ex: Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.

Ex: They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.

Ex: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

Ex: The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.

* abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

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abarrotado -da

adjective

crammed, packed abarrotado DE algo packed o crammed WITH sth

estanterías abarrotadas de adornos shelves crammed with ornaments

el foyer estaba abarrotado de gente the foyer was packed with people

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Del verbo abarrotar: (conjugate abarrotar)

abarrotado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
abarrotado    
abarrotar
abarrotado

◊ -da adjetivo

crammed, packed;
abarrotado de algo ‹de gente› packed o crammed with sth
abarrotar (conjugate abarrotar) verbo transitivo ‹sala/teatro› to pack
abarrotado,-a adjetivo packed, crammed [de, with]: no pudimos entrar en el local, estaba abarrotado (de gente), we couldn't get into the place because it was jam-packed with people
abarrotar verbo transitivo to pack, cram [de, with]: el público abarrotaba el teatro, the theatre was packed (with people)

'abarrotado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarrotada
English:
astir
- chock-a-block
- chock-full
- overcrowded
- swarm
- cluttered
- congested
- crowded
- over

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abarrotado, -a adj

1. [lleno] [teatro, autobús] packed (de with); [desván, baúl] crammed (de with)

2. Ven

estar abarrotado de trabajo to have a lot of work

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abarrotado

I adj packed

II part → abarrotar

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abarrotado, -da adj

: packed, crammed