Usage Note
Affollamento describes an excessive concentration of people in a place — crowds at a station, overcrowding in prisons (sovraffollamento carcerario), or a packed venue. The related verb is affollarsi ('to crowd, to flock'), and the adjective affollato ('crowded') is very common in everyday speech.
Examples
"C'è molto affollamento in centro il sabato."
Natural Translation
There is a lot of crowding in the centre on Saturdays.
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