callejón - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

alley	el callejón
alleyway	el callejón
narrow street	el callejón
lane   - road	el callejón
close	callejón sin salida
blind alley   also  [fig.]	callejón sin salida   or  [fig.]
cul-de-sac (road)  - pl.: culs-de-sac, cul-de-sacs   French (Brit.)	callejón sin salida   or  [fig.]
dead end   or: dead-end   also  [fig.]	callejón sin salida   or  [fig.]
standoff   or: stand-off   chiefly  (Amer.)	callejón sin salida   or  [fig.]
impasse   also  [fig.]	callejón sin salida [fig.]
bottleneck [fig.]	callejón sin salida [fig.]
rabbit hole [fig.]	callejón sin salida [fig.]

Verbs

to get on the wrong track

meterse en un callejón sin salida [fig.]

Phrases / Collocations

to paint oneself into a corner

quedarse en un callejón sin salida

Examples

He was caught in the alley, trying to shoot heroin.

Lo pillaron en el callejón, intentando chutarse heroína.