queue

a line of people waiting for something, such as tickets or food

cola, fila

• join a queue

Collocations queue for tickets · wait in a queue

• There's a long queue at the ticket office.

  Hay una larga fila en la ventanilla de boletos.

to wait in line for something, such as tickets or food

esperar en fila, hacer cola

• queue up

Collocations queue to buy a ticket · queue for lunch

• We queued for over an hour.

  Nosotros hicimos cola durante más de una hora.

the order in which people or things are dealt with, according to when they arrived

orden de llegada, turno

• be at the top of the queue

Collocations priority queue · queue management

• She's next in the queue.

  Ella es la siguiente en el turno.

a system for organizing and managing a list of tasks or processes to be completed

sistema de cola, lista de espera

• queue up tasks

Collocations priority queue · job queue

• The system queues up jobs to be processed.

  El sistema organiza tareas para ser procesadas.