congestionar

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɾ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɻ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: con‧ges‧ti‧o‧nar

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congestionar (first-person singular present congestiono, first-person singular preterite congestionei, past participle congestionado)

  1. to jam; to congest (to cause congestion or blockage)

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Etymology[edit]

From congestión +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /konxestjoˈnaɾ/ [kõŋ.xes.t̪joˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧ges‧tio‧nar

Verb[edit]

congestionar (first-person singular present congestiono, first-person singular preterite congestioné, past participle congestionado)

  1. (transitive) to congest, to produce congestion in
    • 2016 November 25, “La Habana recibirá el próximo lunes primeros vuelos regulares desde Estados Unidos”, in Granma[1]:
      Quintana señaló que se han negociado horarios con las empresas estadounidenses para no continuar congestionando el tiempo pico del aeropuerto entre las 3:00 y las 10:00 p.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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