Crowd
Definition
A gathering, accumulation, or large concentration of people, vehicles, or objects within a limited space; lack of room caused by an excessive density of the elements present. In daily language, the term describes the state of bustle, heavy traffic, or crowding typical of large urban areas during peak hours.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Crowd
- Traffic congestion
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine common noun with regular singular and plural grammatical case declensions. |
| Formation | Borrowed from the French noun 'agglomération' and linguistically integrated into the standard vocabulary. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.ɡlo.me.ra.ˈt͡si.e] |
| Source | Grammar and Morphological Lexicon of Contemporary Romanian |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Era o aglomerație de nedescris la casele de marcat ale magazinului înainte de Revelion.
EN: There was an indescribable crowd at the store's cash registers right before New Year's Eve.
RO: Pentru a evita acea aglomerație sufocantă din centru, am ales să merg pe jos pe străzile lăturalnice.
EN: To avoid that suffocating crowd downtown, I chose to walk on the side streets.
RO: Orașul modern se confruntă zilnic cu o mare aglomerație pe rutele principale de transport în comun.
EN: The modern city faces a massive daily congestion on the main public transit routes.
Idioms & Phrases
Aglomerație de proporții / Massive crowd
RO: Adunare uriașă de oameni într-un loc public, adesea cu ocazia unor evenimente culturale, sportive sau proteste.
EN: A huge gathering of people in a public place, often on the occasion of cultural or sporting events, or protests.
Ore de aglomerație / Rush hours
RO: Intervalele de timp din cursul unei zile în care traficul rutier și pietonal atinge cotele maxime.
EN: The time intervals during a day when road and pedestrian traffic reaches its maximum levels.
Evitarea aglomerației / Avoiding the crowds
RO: Strategie personală sau logistică de organizare a deplasărilor în afara perioadelor de vârf structural.
EN: A personal or logistical strategy of organizing travels outside structural peak periods.
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