traffic

traffico

Veicoli o persone che si muovono lungo una strada o attraverso un luogo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: travel

Espressioni comuni: heavy traffic, traffic jam, road traffic

afflusso di clienti

Numero o flusso di persone che visitano un negozio o un ristorante.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: customer flow

Espressioni comuni: foot traffic, store traffic, customer traffic

traffico, commercio illegale

Compravendita di merci o persone, generalmente contro la legge.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: traffic in something (The police investigated traffic in stolen cars.)

Sinonimi: trade, trafficking

Espressioni comuni: traffic in drugs, illegal traffic, traffic in weapons

trafficare, commerciare illegalmente

Comprare, vendere o trasportare merci o persone, generalmente contro la legge.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: traffic in something (The gang trafficked in stolen phones.)

Sinonimi: trade, deal

Espressioni comuni: traffic in drugs, traffic in weapons, traffic stolen goods

congestionato, intasato

Con così tanti veicoli che muoversi è difficile o lento.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: congested, jammed

Contrari: clear

Espressioni comuni: very traffic, super traffic, traffic here