pile

montón, pila

Conjunto de cosas colocadas unas encima de otras.

En inglés sencillo: A group of things placed on top of one another.

• Put the books in a pile.
• She sorted three piles of clothes.
• A pile of leaves blocked the path.

Cómo se usa: a pile of something (There is a pile of clean towels on the chair.)

Sinónimos: heap, stack

Expresiones frecuentes: pile of books, pile of clothes, large pile, pile of rubbish

pilote

Poste largo y resistente que se hunde en el suelo para sostener un edificio o un puente.

En inglés sencillo: A long, strong post pushed into the ground to support a building or bridge.

• The bridge rests on concrete piles.
• Workers drove a pile deep into the ground.
• The old wooden piles needed replacing.

Expresiones frecuentes: concrete pile, steel pile, foundation pile

grupo, montón

Personas o cosas agrupadas porque reciben la misma valoración durante una selección.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people or things put together because they receive the same judgment during a selection.

• This application belongs in the maybe pile.
• She put the strongest candidates in the yes pile.
• We moved two designs out of the reject pile.

Sinónimos: group, category

Expresiones frecuentes: maybe pile, reject pile, yes pile

amontonar, apilar

Poner muchas cosas juntas o unas encima de otras en un mismo lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To put many things together or on top of each other in one place.

• Pile the books on the desk.
• He piled his plate with food.
• They were piling bags beside the door.

Cómo se usa: pile something on something (She piled clean plates on the table.); pile something up (We piled the branches up beside the fence.)

Sinónimos: heap, stack

Expresiones frecuentes: pile something up, pile something on, pile something high

acumularse, amontonarse

Ir reuniéndose cada vez más cosas en un mismo lugar.

En inglés sencillo: If things do this, more and more of them collect in one place.

• Dirty dishes pile up quickly.
• Snow piled up outside the door.
• The work has been piling up all week.

Cómo se usa: pile up (Unpaid bills piled up on his desk.)

Sinónimos: accumulate, build up

Expresiones frecuentes: pile up, pile up quickly

añadir, acumular

Añadir más cosas, exigencias o problemas a los que ya existen.

En inglés sencillo: To add more things, demands, or problems to what is already there.

• Do not pile more work on me.
• Unexpected costs piled on top of our other problems.
• The coach kept piling on the pressure.

Cómo se usa: pile something on someone/something (They piled extra work on the remaining staff.); pile on top of something (New costs piled on top of our existing debts.)

Sinónimos: add, heap

Expresiones frecuentes: pile on pressure, pile on problems, pile on top

entrar en tropel

Entrar varias personas rápidamente en un espacio pequeño, normalmente todas juntas.

En inglés sencillo: If people do this, they enter a small space quickly, usually together.

• Everyone piled into the car.
• The children piled in after their teacher.
• We were piling into the bus when it started raining.

Cómo se usa: pile into something (The children piled into the back seat.); pile in (We opened the door and everyone piled in.)

Sinónimos: crowd in

Expresiones frecuentes: pile in, pile into something

salir en tropel

Salir varias personas rápidamente de un espacio pequeño, normalmente todas juntas.

En inglés sencillo: If people do this, they leave a small space quickly, usually together.

• The children piled out of the car.
• Everyone piled out when the bus stopped.
• People were piling out of the small room.

Cómo se usa: pile out of something (The passengers piled out of the bus.); pile out (The doors opened and the children piled out.)

Expresiones frecuentes: pile out, pile out of