No. 5,870 in Spanish

tapones

Plugs or stoppers.

In a sentence

Usé tapones para los oídos durante el concierto.
I used earplugs during the concert.
In this sentence, 'tapones' refers to earplugs, objects used to block out sound.
Cambié los tapones del fregadero porque estaban gastados.
I replaced the sink stoppers because they were worn out.
Here, 'tapones' indicates sink stoppers, which are used to seal the drain.
El tráfico en la ciudad tiene muchos tapones.
The traffic in the city has many bottlenecks.
In this case, 'tapones' refers metaphorically to bottlenecks or congested spots in traffic.

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