embotellamiento

Spanish

Etymology

From embotellar (“to bottle”) +‎ -miento. For some senses, compare cuello de botella.

Noun

embotellamiento m (plural embotellamientos)

1. bottling
2. traffic jam

   Synonyms: congestión, (El Salvador) trabazón

3. bottleneck

Related terms

• botella (“bottle”)

 

Further reading

• “embotellamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10