traffic

tráfico, tránsito

Vehículos o personas que se desplazan por una vía o un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: Vehicles or people moving along a road or through a place.

• There is heavy traffic today.
• We were stuck in traffic for an hour.
• Pedestrian traffic increases near the station at lunchtime.

Sinónimos: travel

Expresiones frecuentes: heavy traffic, traffic jam, road traffic

afluencia de clientes

Cantidad o flujo de personas que visitan una tienda o un restaurante.

En inglés sencillo: The number or flow of people visiting a shop or restaurant.

• The shop gets little traffic on Mondays.
• Weekend traffic helped the restaurant increase sales.
• A new entrance could bring more foot traffic.

Sinónimos: customer flow

Expresiones frecuentes: foot traffic, store traffic, customer traffic

tráfico, comercio ilegal

Compra y venta de mercancías o personas, generalmente contra la ley.

En inglés sencillo: The buying and selling of goods or people, usually against the law.

• They tried to stop the traffic in drugs.
• Illegal traffic in weapons crosses several borders.
• The report exposed traffic in stolen art.

Cómo se usa: traffic in something (The police investigated traffic in stolen cars.)

Sinónimos: trade, trafficking

Expresiones frecuentes: traffic in drugs, illegal traffic, traffic in weapons

traficar

Comprar, vender o transportar mercancías o personas, generalmente contra la ley.

En inglés sencillo: To buy, sell, or move goods or people, usually against the law.

• They traffic in illegal weapons.
• He was arrested for trafficking in drugs.
• The group trafficked stolen goods across the border.

Cómo se usa: traffic in something (The gang trafficked in stolen phones.)

Sinónimos: trade, deal

Expresiones frecuentes: traffic in drugs, traffic in weapons, traffic stolen goods

congestionado, atascado

Con tantos vehículos que resulta difícil avanzar o se avanza despacio.

En inglés sencillo: Having so many vehicles that movement is difficult or slow.

• It is very traffic here today.
• The road was super traffic yesterday.
• Is it always this traffic near the market?

Sinónimos: congested, jammed

Antónimos: clear

Expresiones frecuentes: very traffic, super traffic, traffic here