Translation for "apiñar" to english
Translation examples
verb
Un carcelero contaba que le habían dado un chivatazo («probablemente a cambio de un traslado», pensó Earl): al día siguiente medio centenar de reclusos, la mayoría negros, se iba a apiñar en torno a la puerta grande, justo antes de que la abrieran, a sabiendas de que de aquel modo ni siquiera los presos que querían trabajar se atreverían a pasar.
The warden had gotten word from the stool pigeons (probably in exchange for a transfer, Earl thought) that several dozen inmates, mostly black, planned to crowd around the big yard gate just before it opened, knowing that even convicts willing to work wouldn’t cross such a line.
verb
Pero en el último momento un impulso hizo que escalara a la parte trasera de la camioneta y me apiñara entre los otros.
At the last moment, though, some impulse sent me climbing up the back of the truck and squeezing myself in among the others.
verb
Bueno, déjenme volver a apiñar algo de aprendizaje en sus cabezas.
Okay, let me get back to jamming some learning into your heads.
verb
Lo necesario era apiñar tanta vida como fuera posible en el tiempo de que disponías, no malgastarla, encontrar alguien a quien amar y algo que construir, ganar la inmortalidad de la mejor manera posible, creando algo o alguien, y conservándote sano para prolongar al máximo tu vida.
The thing to do was to pack as much life as you could into the time you had, to waste none of it, to find someone to love and something to build, to win your immortality the best way you could, by creating something or by creating someone, and keeping yourself healthy so you could extend your life as long as possible.
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