Meaning

1 senses
  1. A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow.

    Stau, Verkehrsstau, Verkehrsinfarkt

    про́бкаpróbka, зато́рzatór, автомоби́льная про́бкаavtomobílʹnaja próbka

    про́бкаpróbka, зато́рzatór, доро́жній зато́рdoróžnij zatór

More definitions
  • a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move

Examples

130 sentences
  1. I was caught in a traffic jam.

    Я застряг у пробці. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ застрял в пробке. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch steckte im Stau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I was delayed by a traffic jam.

    Я затримався в пробці. — deniko

    ruЯ задержался в пробке. — odexed

    deIch wurde durch einen Stau aufgehalten. — Yorwba

  3. There is a traffic jam on the highway.

    На шосе затор. — deniko

    ruНа шоссе затор. — marafon

    deEs ist Stau auf der Autobahn. — Yorwba

  4. There's a traffic jam on the motorway.

    На автомагістралі затор. — deniko

    ruНа шоссе пробка. — marafon

    deEs ist Stau auf der Autobahn. — Yorwba

  5. The bus was late because of the traffic jam.

    Автобус запізнився з-за затора. — deniko

    ruАвтобус опоздал из-за пробки. — Wezel

    deDer Bus hatte wegen des Staus Verspätung. — Sudajaengi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow:
Русский
By meaning 1
situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow:

Forms

plural: traffic jams
Singulartraffic jam
Pluraltraffic jams

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move:snarl-up

Word family

4 related words

See also

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