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to stack
01
apilar, amontonar
to arrange items on top of each other in large quantities
Transitive: to stack sth
Example
The warehouse worker stacked boxes of inventory neatly to maximize storage space.
El trabajador del almacén apiló cajas de inventario ordenadamente para maximizar el espacio de almacenamiento.
She is currently stacking books on the shelves in alphabetical order.
Ella está actualmente apilando libros en los estantes en orden alfabético.
02
apilar, amontonar
to pile things up and fill an area with those piles
Transitive: to stack a space
Example
She stacked the shelves with cans of soup.
Ella apiló los estantes con latas de sopa.
The kitchen counter was stacked with dirty dishes after the party.
La encimera de la cocina estaba apilada con platos sucios después de la fiesta.
03
apilar, amañar
to arrange a deck of cards in a specific way to cheat
Transitive: to stack a deck or cards
Example
He secretly stacked the deck to ensure he got the winning hand.
Él apiló la baraja en secreto para asegurarse de obtener la mano ganadora.
The gambler was caught stacking the cards during the poker game.
El jugador fue sorprendido apilando las cartas durante el juego de póquer.
04
amasar, acumular
to make money, especially in large amounts
InformalExample
He 's been stacking cash by investing in real estate.
Ha estado amontonando dinero invirtiendo en bienes raíces.
They 've been working hard, stacking money for their dream vacation.
Han estado trabajando duro, acumulando dinero para sus vacaciones soñadas.
05
destacar, triunfar
to be doing extremely well, often in terms of success, skill, or performance
InformalExample
He 's been stacking ever since he landed that new job.
Ha estado destacando desde que consiguió ese nuevo trabajo.
Their business is really stacking this year — profits are through the roof.
Su negocio realmente está despegando este año—los beneficios están por las nubes.
Stack
01
pila, montón
an orderly pile
02
chimenea, conducto de humos
the vertical section that protrudes above the roofline and facilitates the safe expulsion of smoke and gases from a fireplace or stove
03
pila
a data structure that removes data in the reverse order of saving them and serves as a temporary storage
Example
The programmer used a stack to keep track of function calls.
El programador usó una pila para realizar un seguimiento de las llamadas a funciones.
When the stack overflows, it can cause a program to crash.
Cuando la pila se desborda, puede hacer que un programa se bloquee.
04
pila, montón
a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
05
montón
a large number of something
