embotellamiento

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

embotellamiento m (plural embotellamientos)

bottling
traffic jam
Synonyms: congestión, (El Salvador) trabazón
bottleneck

Related terms

botella (“bottle”)

Further reading

“embotellamiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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