pile - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

pile   - heap of things	el montón
pile   - heap of things	el mogollón (Span.) [coll.]
pile   - heap of things	el hato
pile   - heap of things	la pila
pile   - heap of things	el revoltillo   or: revoltijo
pile   - heap of things	el pelotón
pile   - heap of things	el acervo   - montón
pile   - heap of things	la friolera [coll.]   - irónico: mucha cantidad
pile   - heap of things	el hatajo [fig.]   or: atajo   - personas
pile   - heap of things	la parva [fig.]   - cantidad grande de algo
pile   - heap of things	la peste [fig.] [coll.]   - abundancia de cosas
pile   - column [CONSTR.]	la jamba
pile   - column [CONSTR.]	el pilote
pile   - column [CONSTR.]	el estelo

Verbs

to pile sth.  | piled, piled |	amontonar algo
to pile sth.  | piled, piled |	apilar algo
to pile into  | piled, piled | [coll.]	amontonarse
to pile into  | piled, piled | [coll.]	apiñarse
to pile into sth.  | piled, piled | [coll.]	subir a (or: en) algo   - de una manera desordenada
to pile into sth.  | piled, piled | [coll.]	subirse a (or: en) algo   - de una manera desordenada
to pile into sth.  | piled, piled | [coll.]	entrar en algo   - de una manera desordenada
to pile up  | piled, piled |	aglomerarse
to pile up  | piled, piled |	conglomerarse
to pile sth. ⇔  up  | piled, piled |	acopiar algo
to pile sth. ⇔  up  | piled, piled |	acumular algo
to pile sth. ⇔  up  | piled, piled |	aglomerar algo
to pile sth. ⇔  up  | piled, piled |	agolpar algo
to pile sth. ⇔  up  | piled, piled |	amontonar algo

Adjectives / Adverbs

a pile of [coll.]

por un tubo [coll.]

Examples

Before Christmas we have to hire more staff, otherwise the orders pile up and we don't manage to ship them on time.

Antes de la Navidad debemos contratar más personal, porque si no, se acumulan los pedidos y no logramos enviarlos a tiempo.

Orthographically similar words

bile, file, idle, ilex, isle, mile, Nile, pail, pale, pie, pied, pier, pike, piler, pill, pine, pipe, plea, pole, Pole, rile, tile, vile, wile

bilé, Ilex, palé, pibe, pie, piel, pies, pila

Related search terms

stack, crowd, pyre, plethora, herd, hive, lot, heap, huddle, outfit, bunch, post, mass, cluster, batch, pack, bonfire, upright