jam Significado & definición

Significado de jam en español

• 0 a sweet food made from fruit, often eaten on bread -- mermelada

  • a jar of strawberry jam

• 1 a line of cars, trucks, etc. that are moving slowly or not moving -- atasco

  • We were stuck in a jam for hours.

• 2 to push something somewhere firmly and tightly -- meter de golpe o a la fuerza

  • She jammed her hands into her pockets.

• 3 If a machine or something that moves jams, or you jam it, it stops moving or working. -- atascar(se)

  • The paper keeps jamming in the machine.

• 4 to fill a place completely -- abarrotar

  • The streets were jammed with cars.

• 5 a sweet food made from fruit and sugar, often spread on bread -- mermelada [ feminine, singular ]

  • toast and jam tostada y mermelada

• 6 when the flow of sth is stopped, because sth is stuck -- atasco [ masculine, singular ]

  • a paper jam in the printer un atasco de papel en la impresora

  • a traffic jam un atasco de tráfico

• 7 a situation that causes trouble -- apuro [ masculine, singular ]

  • friends who help you out when you are in a jam amigos que te ayudan cuando estás en un apuro

• 8 to block or become blocked and unable to flow -- atascarse

  • People were jamming the streets outside. La gente estaba saturando las calles de fuera.

  • The printer is jammed again. La impresora está atascada de nuevo.

• 9 to push sth into sth else forcefully -- forzar

  • He jammed his hands into his pockets. Él se metió las manos en los bolsillos.

• 10 to block the transmission of a signal -- interferir

  • to jam a radio signal interferir una señal de radio