logjam

log·jam  (lôgjm, lg-)

n.

1. An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together.

2. A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	logjam - any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam" halt, stoppage, arrest, hitch, stay, stop, check - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
	2.	logjam - an immovable mass of logs blocking a river mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

Translations

logjam [ˈlɒgdʒæm] N (fig) → atolladero m
to clear the logjam → desbloquear la situación, salir del atolladero

logjam [ˈlɒgdʒæm] n (= deadlock) to break the logjam → sortir de l'impasse

logjam [ˈlɒgˌdʒæm] n to break the logjam → superare l'impasse f inv