apiñar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ piña +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apiˈɲaɾ/ [a.piˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pi‧ñar

Verb

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apiñar (first-person singular present apiño, first-person singular preterite apiñé, past participle apiñado)

  1. to pack together, squeeze/squash together
    • 2017 October 3, Álex Grijelmo, “Nunca hubo un millón”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      Para resultar cierta la cifra municipal habría sido necesario apiñar a 14 personas por metro cuadrado.
      To prove the municipal figure true, it would have been necessary to squeeze 14 people into each square meter.
  2. (reflexive) to crowd together; to bunch

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