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TOPIK 5verb

정체되다

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정체돼요 · 정체됐어요 · 정체될 거예요 · 정체된 (+noun)

to be stagnant, to stall; to be congested (traffic)

Example

출근 시간이라 도로가 많이 정체되어 있어요.

It's rush hour, so the roads are heavily congested.

Word parts

정 stop체 stagnant

Literally 'stopped and stuck'.

Good to know

Homonym warning: 정체 (正體) means true identity, as in 정체를 밝히다.