- excavar
- v.1 to dig.2 to excavate, to dig, to dig out, to scoop.* * *excavar► verbo transitivo1 to excavate, dig* * *verbto excavate* * *VT1) (Constr) to dig, dig out, excavate frm
excava su madriguera en la tierra — it digs its hole in the earth
2) (Arqueología) to excavate* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <túnel/fosa> to diguna 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 excavate2.excavar vi to dig, excavate* * *= 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.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <túnel/fosa> to diguna 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 excavate2.excavar vi to dig, excavate* * *= 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.* * *excavar [A1 ]vt1 (Const) ‹túnel/fosa› to digexcavaban la tierra en busca del tesoro they were digging in the earth searching for the treasureuna piscina excavada en la roca a swimming pool dug out of the rock2 (Arqueol) to excavate3 «animal» ‹madriguera› to dig■ excavarvito dig, excavate* * *
excavar (conjugate excavar) verbo transitivoa) ‹túnel/fosa› to digb) (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
* * *excavar vt1. [cavar] to dig;excavar el terreno to dig;el perro excavó un hoyo the dog dug a hole2. [en arqueología] to excavate* * *excavarv/t excavate; túnel dig* * *excavar v: to excavate, to dig* * *excavar vb to dig [pt. & pp. dug]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.