Tengo muchísimas fotos de mi hija de cinco años, pero cuando vienen a casa amigos y familiares, no me gusta tenerlos a todos apiñados delante de la pantalla de mi equipo.

I have a lot of pictures of my 5-year-old daughter, but when friends and family come over it’s no fun having everyone crowd around my computer screen.

Una preocupación principal para mí y para las personas a las que represento es que estos animales viajen apiñados en condiciones mugrientas e inhumanas, con agua y alimentos limitados.

A major concern for me and the people I represent is that these animals travel in inhumane, crowded, filthy conditions, with limited food and water.

apiñar(also: machacar, colmar, emborrar, atestar)

to cram [crammed · crammed] {vb}

También entonces, nos dimos cuenta de que era mejor abordar la discriminación punto por punto y no intentar apiñar todo en una ley, por tanto, tampoco en una directiva.

Then, too, we realised that it is better to address the types of discrimination one by one than to try to cram them all into one act or even one directive.

apiñar(also: atestar, embalar, encajonar, hacer la maleta)

to pack [packed · packed] {vb}

Cientos de miles de personas viven apiñadas, sin una verdadera asistencia humanitaria, en campos de refugiados en Tailandia, en China y en Bangladesh.

Hundreds of thousands of people are living, without any real humanitarian aid, packed into refugee camps in Thailand, China and Bangladesh.

(IT) Señor Presidente, Señorías, mientras hablamos, cientos de prisioneros apiñados en cárceles yemeníes esperan la ejecución de sus sentencias de muerte.

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, while we are speaking, hundreds of prisoners packed into Yemeni gaols are waiting for their death sentences to be carried out.

apiñar(also: aplastar, apabullar, despachurrar, achurrascar)

to squash [squashed · squashed] {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "apiñar":

apiñar

acumular- aglomerar- agolpar- amontonar- apelotonar- apilar- apretujar- arremolinar- embanastar- embaular- hacinar- juntar- reunir

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

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Pero tengo que decir una cosa: ¡Los 25 más 2 Jefes de Gobierno y de Estado se han apiñado todos ellos alrededor del líder de una superpotencia!

I have to get one thing off my chest, though: 25 plus 2 Heads of Government and State all crowded together around the leader of one superpower!

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