excavar

v.

1 to dig.

2 to excavate, to dig, to dig out, to scoop.

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excavar

► verbo transitivo

1 to excavate, dig

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verb

to excavate

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VT

1) (Constr) to dig, dig out, excavate frm

excava su madriguera en la tierra — it digs its hole in the earth

2) (Arqueología) to excavate

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <túnel/fosa> to dig

una piscina excavada en la roca — a swimming pool dug out of the rock

las máquinas excavan la tierra — the machines dig up the earth

b) (Arqueol) to excavate

2.

excavar vi to dig, excavate

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= excavate, burrow.

Ex. The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.

Ex. Anecdotal records describe habitat destruction through soil erosion due to burrowing by puffins, shearwaters and stoats.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <túnel/fosa> to dig

una piscina excavada en la roca — a swimming pool dug out of the rock

las máquinas excavan la tierra — the machines dig up the earth

b) (Arqueol) to excavate

2.

excavar vi to dig, excavate

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= excavate, burrow.

Ex: The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.

Ex: Anecdotal records describe habitat destruction through soil erosion due to burrowing by puffins, shearwaters and stoats.

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excavar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Const) ‹túnel/fosa› to dig

excavaban la tierra en busca del tesoro they were digging in the earth searching for the treasure

una piscina excavada en la roca a swimming pool dug out of the rock

2 (Arqueol) to excavate

3 «animal» ‹madriguera› to dig

■ excavar

vi

to dig, excavate

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excavar (conjugate excavar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹túnel/fosa› to dig

b) (Arqueol) to excavate

verbo intransitivo
to dig, excavate
excavar verbo transitivo Arqueol to excavate: están excavando cerca de donde encontraron las monedas antiguas, they're excavating near the place where they found the old coins
(un túnel, un hoyo) to dig: ya se han puesto a excavar el nuevo túnel, they've already begun digging the new tunnel
'excavar' also found in these entries:
English:
dig
- excavate
- sink
- tunnel
- scoop

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excavar vt

1. [cavar] to dig;

excavar el terreno to dig;

el perro excavó un hoyo the dog dug a hole

2. [en arqueología] to excavate

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excavar

v/t excavate; túnel dig

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excavar v

: to excavate, to dig

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excavar vb to dig [pt. & pp. dug]