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1 cantera
f.1 quarry.un jugador de la cantera a home-grown o local player2 stone pit, pit, quarry.* * *1 (de piedra) quarry2 figurado breeding ground* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Min) quarry, pit2) [de artistas etc] source; (Dep) reserve of young players* * *1) ( de piedra) quarry2) (Esp) (de deportistas, profesionales) pool* * *= quarry, hotbed.Ex. The article is entitled 'Mining the Metadata Quarries'.Ex. One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.----* cantera de ideas = hotbed.* explotación de canteras = quarrying.* * *1) ( de piedra) quarry2) (Esp) (de deportistas, profesionales) pool* * *= quarry, hotbed.Ex: The article is entitled 'Mining the Metadata Quarries'.
Ex: One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.* cantera de ideas = hotbed.* explotación de canteras = quarrying.* * *A (de piedra) quarryB(de deportistas): los jugadores que salen de la cantera del club the young players who come up through the club's youth and reserve teamsla cantera es nuestro principal activo our (pool of) young players are our main asset* * *
cantera sustantivo femenino ( de piedra) quarry
cantera sustantivo femenino
1 (de piedra, grava, etc) quarry
2 fig Ftb junior players
figurado tenemos una buena cantera de bailarines, we've got a good reserve of dancers
' cantera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cantero
English:
quarry
- pit
* * *cantera nf1. [de piedra] quarry;[mina] open-cut miningel instituto es una buena cantera de lingüistas the institute produces many linguists* * *f1 quarry; figsource2 DEP youth squad* * *cantera nf: quarrycantera de piedra: stone quarry* * * -
2 laja
f.1 a shill flat stone.2 stone slab, flagstone, flat stone, spall.* * *1 slab* * *ISF2) And (=lugar) steep groundIISF And fine ropeIII** SF (=chica) bird **, chick (EEUU) **, dame ** * *femenino (AmS) slab* * *= flake, flagstone.Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex. The location of the quarries strongly supports the hypothesis that the Romans carried the flagstones by ship towards the coasts of the central Adriatic Sea.* * *femenino (AmS) slab* * *= flake, flagstone.Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.
Ex: The location of the quarries strongly supports the hypothesis that the Romans carried the flagstones by ship towards the coasts of the central Adriatic Sea.* * *( AmS)slab* * *
laja sustantivo femenino (AmS) slab
* * *laja nf* * *laja nf: slab -
3 losa
f.1 paving stone, flagstone (piedra).2 stone slab, flagstone, slab, tile.3 gravestone.* * *1 flagstone, slab2 (de sepulcro) gravestone* * *noun f.* * *SF (stone) slab, flagstonelosa radiante — Arg underfloor heating
losa sepulcral — gravestone, tombstone
* * ** * *= slab, paving stone, flagstone.Ex. What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.Ex. The location of the quarries strongly supports the hypothesis that the Romans carried the flagstones by ship towards the coasts of the central Adriatic Sea.* * ** * *= slab, paving stone, flagstone.Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.
Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.Ex: The location of the quarries strongly supports the hypothesis that the Romans carried the flagstones by ship towards the coasts of the central Adriatic Sea.* * *1 (de sepulcro) tombstone2 (de suelo, piso) flagstone, flagCompuesto:* * *
Del verbo losar: ( conjugate losar)
losa es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
losa sustantivo femenino ( de sepulcro) tombstone;
( de suelo) flagstone
losa sustantivo femenino
1 (stone) slab, flagstone
(de una tumba) gravestone
2 (carga, remordimiento) burden
' losa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esculpir
- lápida
English:
flagstone
- mark
- paving stone
- slab
- flag
- paving
- tile
* * *losa nf1. [piedra] paving stone, flagstoneRP losa radiante [calefacción] underfloor heating2. [de tumba] tombstone* * *f flagstone* * *losa nf: flagstone, paving stone* * *losa n slab
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