atascarse

atascarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (bloquearse) to get blocked, get blocked up, get clogged

■ la tubería se atascó con la porquería the pipe got blocked up with dirt

2 (mecanismo) to jam, get jammed, get stuck

3 figurado (estancarse) to get tangled up, get bogged down

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VPR

1) [en lodazal] to get stuck; (Aut) to get into a jam; [motor] to stall

se quedó atascado a mitad de la cuesta — he got stuck halfway up the climb

2) (fig) (=no poder seguir) to get bogged down; [en discurso] to dry up *

3) [cañería] to get clogged up

4) LAm (Med) to have an internal blockage

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(v.) = be hung up on

Ex. As for the question of main entry, I think we're hung up on the terminology.

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(v.) = be hung up on

Ex: As for the question of main entry, I think we're hung up on the terminology.

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■atascarse verbo reflexivo
1 (obstruirse) to become obstructed o blocked
2 fig (quedarse bloqueado) to get bogged down
'atascarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atorarse
- atascar
English:
bog down
- jam
- mire
- stick
- clog
- stall

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vpr

1. [tubería] to get blocked up;

se ha atascado el retrete the toilet is blocked

2. [mecanismo] to get stuck o jammed;

se atascó la puerta y no pudimos abrirla the door got stuck o jammed and we couldn't get it open

3. [detenerse] to get stuck;

el camión quedó atascado en la carretera the truck got stuck on the road

4. [al hablar]

recitó toda la lista sin atascarse she reeled off the whole list without hesitating once;

se atascó al pronunciar mi nombre he got his tongue tied in a knot when he tried to say my name

5. Fam [asunto, proyecto] to get bogged down

6. Méx Fam [atiborrarse] to stuff oneself;

nomás vinieron a la fiesta a atascarse they only came to the party to stuff themselves

7. Méx Fam [ensuciarse] to get in a mess;

siempre que comen espaguetis, los escuincles se atascan whenever they eat spaghetti, the kids get into a real mess

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atascarse

v/r

1 de mecanismo jam, stick; de cañería get blocked;

se ha atascado el tubo the pipe’s blocked

2 al hablar dry up

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vr

1) : to become obstructed

2) : to get bogged down

3) pararse: to stall

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atascarse vb

1. (no poder moverse) to get stuck

el coche se atascó en el barro the car got stuck in the mud

2. (obstruirse) to get blocked

el fregadero se ha atascado the sink has got blocked

3. (mecanismo) to jam [pt. & pp. jammed]

la llave se ha atascado en la cerradura the key's jammed in the lock