A2verb · irregular · transitive · frequent

traffic

traf·fic

traffic · traffics · trafficked · trafficking

использовать, торговать, эксплуатировать

handeln

To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or…To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.

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/ˈtɹæfɪk/

» The traffic light changed to red.

Die Verkehrsampel wurde rot. — Manfredo

Die Ampel wurde rot. — Esperantostern

Сигнал светофора сменился на красный. — Hellerick

Загорелся красный свет. — axxeny

На светофоре загорелся красный. — axxeny

Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний. — deniko

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Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods.
(intransitive)To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.
trade or deal a commodity
(transitive)To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Examples

1128 sentences

The traffic light changed to red.
Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний. — deniko
ruСигнал светофора сменился на красный. — Hellerick
deDie Verkehrsampel wurde rot. — Manfredo
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The traffic lights were all red.
Всі світлофори були червоними. — sakhnik
deDie Ampeln waren alle rot. — ayu
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How did the traffic accident happen?
Як сталася ця аварія? — deniko
ruКак эта дорожная авария произошла? — Snark
deWie kam es zu dem Verkehrsunfall? — riotlake
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We must pay attention to traffic signals.
Нам треба звертати увагу на сигнал світлофора. — Internecivus
ruМы должны уделять внимание сигналам светофора. — odexed
deWir müssen die Ampel beachten. — PeterR
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He got injured in the traffic accident.
Він постраждав в дорожньо-транспортній пригоді. — Internecivus
ruОн пострадал в дорожном происшествии. — Leonid204
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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle French trafique, traffique (“traffic”), from Italian traffico (“traffic”) from

From Middle French trafique, traffique (“traffic”), from Italian traffico (“traffic”) from trafficare (“to carry on trade”). Potentially from Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcāre (“to rub across”); Klein instead suggests the Italian has ultimate origin in Arabic تَفْرِيق (tafrīq, “distribution, dispersion”), reshaped to match the native prefix tra- (“trans-”).

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Forms

traffics, trafficking, trafficked, trafficked

Base form	traffic · to traffic
3rd person singular	traffics
Present participle	trafficking
Past simple	trafficked
Past participle	trafficked

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	traffic
he, she, it	traffics

Past simpleLesson

all persons

trafficked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have trafficked
he, she, it	has trafficked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will traffic

A2City and transport — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

12 patterns

a traffic accident
traffic accident
in a traffic
a traffic jam
traffic jam
the traffic accident
stuck in traffic
heavy traffic
rush hour traffic
traffic light
lot of traffic
the heavy traffic