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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. jam /dʒæm/ n.
  1. (congestion) (of people) calca f., ressa f.;
    (of traffic) ingorgo m., intasamento m.
  1. (of machine, system, department) arresto m., blocco m.
  1. colloq. (difficult situation) pasticcio m., guaio m.;
    to help sb. out of a ~ tirare qcn. fuori dai guai
  1. mus. (anche ~ session) jam session f.
2. jam /dʒæm/
  1. tr. (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-)
    1. (stuff, pile) to ~ things into stipare delle cose in [small space, suitcase, box];
      to ~ one’s foot on the brake fare una gran frenata
    1. (fix firmly, wedge) incastrare, prendere (in mezzo);
      the key’s ~med in the lock la chiave si è incastrata nella toppa
    1. (anche ~ up) (crowd) intasare, bloccare;
      cars ~med (up) the roads le auto intasavano le strade
    1. (anche ~ up) (block) [dirt, malfunction, person] bloccare, fare inceppare [mechanism, system];
      bloccare, fare incastrare [lock, door, window]
    1. rad. tel. disturbare (con interferenze) [frequency, transmission]
  1. intr. (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-)
    1. (become stuck) [mechanism, switch] incepparsi, bloccarsi;
      [lock, door, window] bloccarsi, incastrarsi
    1. mus. improvvisare.

Phrasal verbs:
jam in: ~ in [people] affollarsi, assieparsi, stiparsi; ~ [sth., sb.] in
  1. (trap, wedge) incastrare
  1. (pack in) affollare, assiepare.
3. jam /dʒæm/ n. gastr. marmellata f., confettura f.;
apricot ~ marmellata di albicocche.


'jam' trovato anche in queste voci:
jam: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

jamconfusione nf
jam (difficult situation) difficoltàpasticcio nm
jam (to interfere (in a broadcast))mandare delle interferenze v
jam (food: preserve of fruit)marmellata nf
jam cucinaconfettura nf
jam trafficoblocco nm
jamvi (lock) serraturabloccarsi v rif
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jam: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
apricot jamn (sweet preserve made with apricots)marmellata di albicocche
fruit jamn (preserve containing fruit)marmellata di frutta nf
in a jamadv informal (in or into a difficult situation)nei guai, nei pasticci
in a jamadj informal (in a difficult situation)nei guai, nei pasticci
jam sessionn (improvised playing of music) musicajam session nf
 musicasessione improvvisata nf
jam upvtr informal (block or overload)intasare, sovraccaricare vtr
jam upvi informal (become stuck or blocked)incepparsi, bloccarsi vi
jam-packedadj informal (completely full)pieno zeppo agg
log jamimpasse
traffic jamn (vehicle congestion) traffico stradaleingorgo nm
The man was late to work after being stuck in a traffic jam for three hours.
 traffico stradalecoda nf
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