pile up

pile up [leaves, rubbish] ammonticchiarsi; [debts, problems, work, snow, money] accumularsi; [cars] (in accident) tamponarsi; pile [sth.] up, pile up [sth.]

1) (in a heap) ammucchiare; (in a stack) impilare

2) fig. accumulare [debts, evidence, problems, work]

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(to make or become a pile; to accumulate: He piled up the earth at the end of the garden; The rubbish piled up in the kitchen.) ammassare, accumulare

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1. vi + adv

(also), fig accumularsi, ammucchiarsi

2. vt + adv

ammucchiare, accumulare

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pile up [leaves, rubbish] ammonticchiarsi; [debts, problems, work, snow, money] accumularsi; [cars] (in accident) tamponarsi; pile [sth.] up, pile up [sth.]

1) (in a heap) ammucchiare; (in a stack) impilare

2) fig. accumulare [debts, evidence, problems, work]