| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| stacked adj | (objects: put on top of each other) | apilado adj |
| | | amontonado adj |
| | Blueberry pancakes were stacked and steaming on a plate. |
| stacked adj | (surface: filled) | lleno/a adj |
| | | con mercancías loc adj |
| | Our store just got a new shipment in and our shelves are stacked. |
| | Llegó un embarque a nuestra tienda y nuestros anaqueles están llenos. |
| stacked adj | (computing: in a queue) | en fila loc adj |
| stacked adj | (playing cards: rigged) | arreglado/a adj |
| | | amañado adj |
| | The magician shuffles the cards, then deftly switches to a stacked deck. |
| stacked adj | vulgar, offensive, informal (with big breasts) (coloquial) | tetona, pechugona adj |
| | (MX, GT, HN: coloquial) | chichona adj |
| | (CO, MX: eufemismo) | bustona adj |
| | Dave likes women who are stacked. |
| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| stack n | (pile) | pila nf |
| | | montón nm |
| | There was a stack of papers on the teacher's desk, waiting to be marked. |
| | Había una pila de ensayos en el banco del profesores, esperando a ser calificados. |
| stack [sth] on [sth] vtr + prep | (pile up) | amontonar⇒ vtr |
| | | apilar⇒ vtr |
| | | juntar⇒ vtr |
| | Alison stacked the books on the table. |
| | Alison amontonó los libros en la mesa. |
| stack [sth]⇒ vtr | (shelves: fill) | apilar⇒ vtr |
| | | amontonar⇒ vtr |
| | The supermarket employee was stacking the shelves when Simon asked him which aisle the chocolate was in. |
| | El empleado del supermercado estaba apilando cosas en los estantes cuando Simon le preguntó dónde estaban los chocolates. |
| stack [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | (shelves: fill with [sth]) | llenar algo de loc verb |
| | Maria was stacking the shelves with tins of beans. |
| | María estaba llenando los estantes con latas de frijoles. |
| a stack of [sth] n | figurative, informal (large quantity) (coloquial) | un montón de algo cuantificador |
| | (coloquial) | una pila de algo cuantificador |
| | I have a stack of work to do this week. |
| | Tengo un montón de trabajo que hacer esta semana. |
stacks,
stacks of [sth] npl | figurative, informal (large quantity) (coloquial) | montones de algo cuantificador |
| | (coloquial) | pilas de algo cuantificador |
| | The teenager complained his teacher had given him stacks of homework to do. |
| | El adolescente se quejó de que su profesor le había dado montones de tareas. |
| stacks npl | (library shelves) (biblioteca) | estantería nf |
| | | estante nm |
| | Graduate students can go into the stacks to find their own books; undergraduates should ask library staff for assistance. |
| | Los graduados pueden ir a las estanterías a buscar los libros, los demás deben pedirle a los bibliotecarios. |
| Additional Translations |
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stack,
chimney stack n | abbreviation, informal (smokestack) (de la chimenea) | tiro nm |
| | Lydia looked at the tall stacks emerging from the building's roof. |
| | Lydia miró los tiros que salían desde el techo del edificio. |
| stack n | (pile of hay, straw, etc.) | hacina nf |
| | The fields were dotted with stacks of hay. |
| | Los campos estaban llenos de hacinas de heno. |
| stack [sth] against [sb] vtr + prep | figurative, often passive (weight [sth] unfairly) | amontonar⇒ vtr |
| | He realised sadly that the odds were stacked against him. |
| | Comprendió con tristeza que sus posibilidades de fracasar se iban amontonando. |
| Locuciones verbales |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| stack up vi phrasal | figurative, informal (accumulate) | acumular⇒ vtr |
| | | amontonar⇒ vtr |
| | Jeff's problems started to stack up following the loss of his job. |
| | Los problemas de Jeff se empezaron a acumular después de perder el trabajo. |
| stack up vi phrasal | figurative, slang (make sense) | cuadrar⇒ vi |
| | No matter how you looked at it, the numbers simply didn't stack up. |
| | No importa cómo lo veas, los números simplemente no cuadran. |
| | | calzar⇒ vi |
| | No importa cómo lo veas, los números simplemente no calzan. |