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The Spanish word

el embotellamiento

means
traffic jam, (bottleneck???)
Examples:
Había un embotellamiento.
There was a traffic jam.
Por suerte no había embotellamiento.
Luckily, there wasn't a traffic jam.
Quedé atrapado en un embotellamiento.
I was caught in a traffic jam.
El accidente causó un embotellamiento.
The accident caused a traffic jam.
Afortunadamente no hubo embotellamiento.
Luckily, there wasn't a traffic jam.
Tom quedó atrapado en un embotellamiento.
Tom got caught in a traffic jam.
Nos quedamos atrasados en un embotellamiento, por eso nos tenemos que apurar.
We've been delayed by a traffic jam, so we'll need to hurry.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org