amontonarse

amontonarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to heap up, pile up

2 (gente) to crowd together

3 familiar to live together

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to pile up, accumulate

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VPR

1) (=apilarse) to pile up; [nubes] to gather; [hojas, nieve] to drift; [datos] to accumulate; [desastres] to come one on top of another; [gente] to crowd, crowd together

viven amontonados — * they're shacked up together *

la gente se amontonó en la salida — people crowded into the exit, people jammed the exit

se amontonaron los coches — the cars got into a jam

2) * (=enfadarse) to fly off the handle *

3) And [terreno] to revert to scrub

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■amontonarse verbo reflexivo
1 to pile up, heap up: los problemas se me amontonan, I've got more and more problems
2 (varias personas) to crowd together
'amontonarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amontonar
English:
drift
- pile up
- pile

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vpr

[personas] to form a crowd; [problemas, trabajo] to pile up; [ideas, solicitudes] to come thick and fast

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amontonarse

v/r de objetos, problemas pile up; de gente crowd together

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vr

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amontonarse vb

1. (en general) to pile up

los papeles se están amontonando en su mesa papers are piling up on his desk

2. (personas) to crowd

los fotógrafos se amontonaban alrededor de la actriz the photographers crowded around the actress