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Spanish: conflictos viales

English translation: traffic disturbances







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Spanish term or phrase:conflictos viales
English translation:traffic disturbances
Entered by:Sara Pacheco
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Spanish term or phrase: conflictos viales
Decenas de fans se acercaron al área para saludar a sus ídolos, ocasionando tumultos y una serie de conflictos viales.

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Sara Pacheco
Uruguay
traffic tieups, problems
Explanation:
Ya

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Note added at 14 minutos (2008-04-23 20:04:14 GMT)
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traffic disturbances, bottlenecks, stoppages, etc.
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Henry Hinds
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5traffic jams, congestion
GoodWords
5traffic tieups, problems
Henry Hinds
4 -1street disturbancesbcsantos


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
street disturbances

Explanation:
Hope this helps

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Henry Hinds: No, this would imply riots, and what we have here are merely traffic problems.
4 mins
  -> I did think of traffic jams but the word 'conflicto' somehow did not fit in.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
traffic tieups, problems

Explanation:
Ya

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Note added at 14 minutos (2008-04-23 20:04:14 GMT)
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traffic disturbances, bottlenecks, stoppages, etc.

Henry Hinds
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
traffic jams, congestion

Explanation:
These are the terms I would expect to see in a comparable English-language text.

GoodWords
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sergio Gaymer
0 min

agree Robin Kongialis
26 mins

agree Lia Barros
42 mins

agree ael
1 hr

agree MSuderman
2 hrs
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