minar

v.

1 to mine (military).

La armada minó el campo The army mined the field.

2 to undermine.

Sus críticas minaron su confianza His criticism undermined her confidence.

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minar

► verbo transitivo

1 (terreno) to mine

2 figurado (salud, resistencia) to undermine, weaken

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verb

1) to mine

2) undermine

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VT

1) (Min, Mil, Náut) to mine

2) (=debilitar) to undermine

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verbo transitivo

a) <campo/mar> to mine

b) (debilitar) <salud> to damage; <autoridad/moral> to undermine

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= erode, undermine, sap, gnaw (at), undercut, whittle (away/down/at), hollow out.

Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.

Ex. First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.

Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.

Ex. The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.

Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

Ex. The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.

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* minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.

* minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.

* minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.

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verbo transitivo

a) <campo/mar> to mine

b) (debilitar) <salud> to damage; <autoridad/moral> to undermine

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= erode, undermine, sap, gnaw (at), undercut, whittle (away/down/at), hollow out.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.

Ex: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.

Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.

Ex: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.

Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.

Ex: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.

* minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.

* minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.

* minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.

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minar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Mil, Náut) ‹campo/mar› to mine

2 (debilitar) ‹salud› to damage; ‹autoridad/moral› to undermine

el país había sido minado por una guerra civil the country had been weakened by a civil war

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minar (conjugate minar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹campo/mar› to mine

b) (debilitar) ‹salud› to damage;

‹autoridad/moral› to undermine
minar verbo transitivo
1 (con explosivos) to mine
2 fig (debilitar, destruir) to undermine: me mina la moral, it undermines my morale
'minar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
socavar
English:
chip away
- mine
- sap
- undermine
- erode
- under

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minar vt

1. Mil to mine

2. [socavar] to undermine;

están minando los intentos de alcanzar un acuerdo they are undermining the efforts to reach an agreement;

el tabaco está minando su salud cigarettes are damaging her health

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minar

v/t

1 (excavar) mine

2 fig (dañar) undermine

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minar vt

1) : to mine

2) debilitar: to undermine