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1 cavar
v.1 to dig (hoyo).2 to go deep, to delve deeply.* * *1 to dig1 (ahondar) to go deep\cavar su propia tumba figurado to dig one's own grave* * *verb* * *1.VT [en el suelo] [+ fosa, hoyo] to dig; [+ pozo] to sink; (Agr) [+ tierra] to dig over; [+ cepas] to dig round2. VI1) [en el suelo] to dig2) (=investigar) to delve (en into)go deeply (en into)3) (=meditar) to meditate profoundly (en on)* * *verbo transitivoa) <fosa/zanja> to dig; < pozo> to sinkb) <tierra/huerto> to hoecavar su propia fosa or tumba — to dig one's own grave
* * *= dig, dig + deep, burrow.Ex. The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.Ex. Are we prepared to dig deep into our well of humanity & humility in order to uplift ourselves?.Ex. Anecdotal records describe habitat destruction through soil erosion due to burrowing by puffins, shearwaters and stoats.----* cavar los cimientos = dig + foundations.* cavarse su propia tumba = another nail in + Posesivo + coffin.* cavar una zanja = dig + ditch.* * *verbo transitivoa) <fosa/zanja> to dig; < pozo> to sinkb) <tierra/huerto> to hoecavar su propia fosa or tumba — to dig one's own grave
* * *= dig, dig + deep, burrow.Ex: The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.
Ex: Are we prepared to dig deep into our well of humanity & humility in order to uplift ourselves?.Ex: Anecdotal records describe habitat destruction through soil erosion due to burrowing by puffins, shearwaters and stoats.* cavar los cimientos = dig + foundations.* cavarse su propia tumba = another nail in + Posesivo + coffin.* cavar una zanja = dig + ditch.* * *cavar [A1 ]vt1 ‹fosa/zanja› to dig; ‹pozo› to sink2 ‹tierra/huerto› to hoecavar su propia fosa or tumba or sepultura to dig one's own grave* * *
cavar ( conjugate cavar) verbo transitivo
‹ pozo› to sink
cavar verbo transitivo to dig
♦ Locuciones: cavar uno su propia tumba, to dig one's own grave
' cavar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tumba
- pala
- pica
- tierra
English:
burrow
- deep
- dig
- hoe
- work
* * *♦ vt[hoyo] to dig; [con azada] to hoe;cavar un pozo to sink a well;está cavando su propia tumba she is digging her own grave♦ vi[hacer hoyo] to dig; [con azada] to hoe* * *v/t dig* * *cavar vt: to digcavar vicavar en : to delve into, to probe* * *
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