traffic – el tráfico

(Pronounced trah-fee-koh)

To remember that traffic is pronounced trah-fee-koh (tráfico) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

I caused a traffic jam after I trapped my feet in a cone (tráfico).

Tráfico is masculine, so it's el tráfico. Imagine an elephant stuck in traffic.

Examples of tráfico (traffic) in a sentence

Hay mucho tráfico en la ciudad hoy.

(There is a lot of traffic in the city today.)

El tráfico estaba horrible esta mañana.

(The traffic was horrible this morning.)

No llegué a tiempo por culpa del tráfico.

(I didn't arrive on time because of the traffic.)