cantera

f.

1 quarry.

un jugador de la cantera a home-grown o local player

2 stone pit, pit, quarry.

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cantera

► nombre femenino

1 (de piedra) quarry

2 figurado breeding ground

3 DEPORTE figurado young players plural

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noun f.

quarry

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SF

1) (Min) quarry, pit

cantera de arena — sandpit

cantera de piedra — stone quarry

2) [de artistas etc] source; (Dep) reserve of young players

Escocia es una cantera de grandes futbolistas — Scotland produces many talented footballers

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femenino

1) (de piedra) quarry

2) (Esp) (de deportistas, profesionales) pool

la cantera del club — the club's youth team

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= 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.

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* cantera de ideas = hotbed.

* explotación de canteras = quarrying.

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femenino

1) (de piedra) quarry

2) (Esp) (de deportistas, profesionales) pool

la cantera del club — the club's youth team

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= 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.

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cantera

feminine

A (de piedra) quarry

B

(de deportistas): los jugadores que salen de la cantera del club the young players who come up through the club's youth and reserve teams

la cantera es nuestro principal activo our (pool of) young players are our main asset

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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

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cantera nf

1. [de piedra] quarry;

[mina] open-cut mining

2. [de jóvenes promesas]

un jugador de la cantera a home-grown player;

el instituto es una buena cantera de lingüistas the institute produces many linguists

3. ver cantero

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cantera

f

1 quarry; fig

source

2 DEP youth squad

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cantera nf

: quarry

cantera de piedra: stone quarry

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cantera n (pedrera) quarry [pl. quarries]