That really would cause some serious gridlock.
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Gridlock
//ˈɡɹɪdˌlɒk//
Synonyms for "gridlock"
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11 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جُمُود noun (traffic congestion)
Armenian
4 entries- խռնվածք noun (traffic congestion)
- խցանում noun (on a smaller scale)
- կուտակականգ noun (traffic congestion)
- մեռյալ կետ noun (deadlock)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 交通阻塞 noun (traffic congestion)
- 僵局 noun (deadlock)
- 塞車 /塞车 noun (on a smaller scale)
Czech
1 entries- zablokování noun (traffic congestion)
Dutch
4 entries- impasse noun (deadlock)
- opstopping noun (on a smaller scale)
- patstelling noun (deadlock)
- verkeerschaos noun (traffic congestion)
Finnish
4 entries- liikennesuma noun (traffic congestion)
- suma noun (deadlock)
- tukos noun (on a smaller scale)
- umpikuja noun (deadlock)
French
4 entries- embouteillage noun (traffic congestion)
- embouteillage noun (on a smaller scale)
- impasse noun (deadlock)
- interblocage noun (deadlock)
Georgian
3 entries- გამოუვალი მდგომარეობა noun (deadlock)
- გამოუვალი სიტუაცია noun (deadlock)
- ჩიხი noun (deadlock)
German
4 entries- Stau noun (on a smaller scale)
- Stillstand noun (deadlock)
- Verkehrsinfarkt noun (traffic congestion)
- Verkehrskollaps noun (traffic congestion)
Hebrew
1 entries- רשת noun (traffic congestion)
Hindi
1 entries- ग्रिडलॉक noun (traffic congestion)
Hungarian
4 entries- (közlekedési) dugó noun (on a smaller scale)
- elakadás noun (on a smaller scale)
- fennakadás noun (on a smaller scale)
- forgalmi dugó noun (on a smaller scale)
Icelandic
1 entries- sundrung noun (traffic congestion)
Irish
2 entries- sáinn noun (deadlock)
- tranglam tráchta noun (traffic congestion)
Italian
1 entries- ingorgo noun (traffic congestion)
Japanese
4 entries- 交通渋滞 noun (traffic congestion)
- 停滞 noun (deadlock)
- 渋滞 noun (traffic congestion)
- 渋滞 noun (on a smaller scale)
Korean
1 entries- 교착 상태 noun (traffic congestion)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- kork noun (traffic congestion)
- kork noun (on a smaller scale)
- kø noun (on a smaller scale)
- trafikkork noun (traffic congestion)
Persian
1 entries- راهبندان noun (traffic congestion)
Portuguese
3 entries- engarrafamento noun (traffic congestion)
- engarrafamento noun (on a smaller scale)
- impasse noun (deadlock)
Russian
4 entries- засто́й noun (deadlock)
- зато́р noun (traffic congestion)
- зато́р noun (on a smaller scale)
- мёртвая то́чка noun (deadlock)
Spanish
4 entries- atasco noun (traffic congestion)
- atasco noun (on a smaller scale)
- embotellamiento noun (traffic congestion)
- paralización noun (deadlock)
Swedish
1 entries- totalstopp noun (traffic congestion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- затор noun (traffic congestion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khóa lưới noun (traffic congestion)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Gridlock occurs when cars block intersections.
Source: tatoeba (8130224)
This city suffers from gridlock.
Source: tatoeba (8130225)
But VOA’s Brian Padden reports that after years of delays the city is taking action to address perhaps its most pressing problem: traffic gridlock, recently designated the worst in the world.
Source: tatoeba (11335216)
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