How to Say ‘There was heavy traffic’ in Mexican Spanish
Hubo tráfico pesado
OO-boh TRAH-fee-koh peh-SAH-doh
[OO-boh TRAH-fee-koh peh-SAH-doh]
Phrase Breakdown
Hubo
[OO-boh]
there was
Past form used to explain that a situation existed: there was / there were.
Hubo un accidente y por eso tardamos más.
There was an accident and that is why we took longer.
Tráfico pesado
TRAH-fee-koh peh-SAH-doh
Heavy traffic
Means the roads were very congested.
Hubo tráfico pesado en la carretera.
There was heavy traffic on the road.
Words in this phrase
tráfico
[TRAH-fee-koh]
traffic
Cars and road congestion; common when explaining delays in taxi rides.
El tráfico estaba muy lento en esa avenida.
The traffic was very slow on that avenue.
pesado
[peh-SAH-doh]
heavy
Used with traffic to mean dense, intense, or very slow-moving.
Con tráfico pesado, la tarifa no debería subir sin aviso.
With heavy traffic, the fare should not go up without notice.
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