circulación

/θiɾkulaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

traffic

🚗🔄 circulación = circul(ar) 'go in a circle' + -ación, like circle + action

Spanish circulación comes from Latin circulare, 'to move in a circle', from circulus 'ring'. Blood goes round the body, and cars flow round the streets: both are movement in a loop, so it covers circulation and traffic.

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