mina

f.

1 mine (geology & military).

mina de carbón/oro coal/gold mine

2 goldmine (cosa rentable).

3 lead.

4 bird (British), chick (United States) (informal). (Southern Cone)

5 landmine, mine, explosive trap.

6 Mina.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: minar.

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mina

► nombre femenino

1 mine

■ trabaja en una mina he works down a mine

2 figurado (cosa) gold mine

■ este negocio es una mina this business is a gold mine

3 (explosivo) mine

4 (de lápiz) lead; (de bolígrafo) refill

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ser una mina de información to be a mine of information

campo de minas minefield

detector de minas mine detector

mina de carbón coal mine

mina de oro gold mine

mina de plata silver mine

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noun f.

1) mine

2) lead

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I

SF

1) (Min) mine

mina a cielo abierto — opencast mine, open cut mine (EEUU)

mina de carbón, mina hullera — coal mine

2) (=galería) gallery; (=pozo) shaft

3) (Mil, Náut) mine

mina antipersonal — anti-personnel mine

mina terrestre — land mine

4) [de lápiz] lead

5) (=ganga) (tb: mina de oro) gold mine

este negocio es una mina (de oro) — this business is a gold mine

mina de información — mine of information

II

** SF Cono Sur (=mujer) bird *, chick (EEUU) **

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femenino

1) (yacimiento, excavación) mine

mina de carbón — coalmine

es una mina de información — he's a mine of information

ser una mina (de oro) — negocio to be a real goldmine; persona to be worth one's weight in gold

- mina a cielo abierto or a tajo abierto

2) (de lápiz) lead

3) (Mil, Náut) mine

un campo sembrado de minas — a minefield

4) (Hist, Mil) (galería) underground passage

5) (CS arg) (mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl)

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femenino

1) (yacimiento, excavación) mine

mina de carbón — coalmine

es una mina de información — he's a mine of information

ser una mina (de oro) — negocio to be a real goldmine; persona to be worth one's weight in gold

- mina a cielo abierto or a tajo abierto

2) (de lápiz) lead

3) (Mil, Náut) mine

un campo sembrado de minas — a minefield

4) (Hist, Mil) (galería) underground passage

5) (CS arg) (mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl)

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mina¹

¹ = lode, mine, treasure trove, coal mine.

Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex: The cases provide a rich mine of role-playing material.

Ex: By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.

Ex: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.

* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

* ingeniería de minas = mining engineering.

* ingeniero de minas = mining engineer.

* mina de carbón = coal mine.

* mina de mar = sea mine.

* mina de oro = goldmine [gold mine], gold mine.

* mina marina = sea mine.

* minas de sal = saltworks.

* mina terrestre = land mine.

* pozo de mina = mine shaft.

* una mina de = a treasure trove of.

* una mina de información = a mine of information.

* una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of.

mina²

² = mine.

Nota: Armamento.

Ex: Many houses have been abandoned and many people who left during the war still haven't returned, partly because the land is full of mines.

* campo de minas = minefield.

* mina antipersonal = anti-personnel mine.

* mina fuera de ruta = roadside bomb.

* mina lapa = limpet mine.

* mina magnética = limpet mine.

* mina terrestre antipersonal = anti-personnel land mine.

mina³

³ = pencil lead.

Ex: The reactions were then carried out in open vessels equipped with rudimentary condensers, and using either pencil lead or iron wire.

* mina de lápiz = pencil lead.

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mina

feminine

A (yacimiento) mine; (excavación) mine

una mina de carbón a coalmine

es una mina de información he's a mine of information

ser una mina (de oro) «negocio» to be a real goldmine;

«persona» to be worth one's weight in gold

Compuestos:

● mina a cielo abierto

strip mine (AmE), open-cast mine (BrE)

● mina a tajo abierto

(Andes) mina a cielo abierto

B (de lápiz) lead

C (Mil, Náut) mine

un campo sembrado de minas a minefield

Compuestos:

● mina antipersonal

anti-personnel mine

● mina magnética

limpet mine

● mina submarina

submarine mine

D (Hist, Mil) (galería) underground passage

E (CS arg) (mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl)

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Del verbo minar: (conjugate minar)

mina es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mina    
minar
mina sustantivo femenino
1 (yacimiento, excavación) mine;

◊ mina de carbón coalmine;

mina a cielo abierto or (Andes) a tajo abierto strip mine (AmE), opencast mine (BrE);
es una mina de información he's a mine of information
2 (Mil, Náut) mine;

◊ un campo de minas a minefield

3 (de lápiz) lead
4 (CS arg) (mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl)
minar (conjugate minar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹campo/mar› to mine

b) (debilitar) ‹salud› to damage;

‹autoridad/moral› to undermine
mina sustantivo femenino
1 (yacimiento) mine
mina de cobre/plomo, copper/lead mine
2 figurado mine: es una mina de información, he's a mine of information
3 (de lápiz) lead, (de portaminas) refill
4 (tipo de bomba) mine
minar verbo transitivo
1 (con explosivos) to mine
2 fig (debilitar, destruir) to undermine: me mina la moral, it undermines my morale
'mina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
explotar
- ir
- minar
- picador
- pozo
- salina
- agotar
- benjamín
- explotación
- gamín
- pisar
English:
colliery
- flood
- lead
- mine
- pit
- shaft
- sink
- baby
- coal
- gold
- land
- store

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mina¹ nf

1. [de mineral] mine;

mina de carbón/oro coal/gold mine

Comp

mina a cielo abierto opencast mine

2. Mil mine;

[en tierra] mine, land mine

Comp

mina antipersona o antipersonal antipersonnel mine;

mina antitanque antitank mine;

mina magnética magnetic mine;

mina terrestre land mine;

mina submarina undersea mine

3. [de lápiz] lead

4. [cosa, persona rentable] gold mine;

este bar es una mina this bar is a gold mine

5. [fuente] mine;

la enciclopedia es una mina de información the encyclopaedia is a mine of information

mina² nf

CSur Fam

1. [mujer] Br bird, US chick;

esta noche salimos a buscar minas we're going out to try and Br pull some birds o US score some chicks tonight

2. [amante]

tiene una mina he has a bit on the side

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mina

f

1 MIN, MIL mine

2 Rpl fam (mujer) broad fam, Br

bird fam

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mina nf

1) : mine

2) : lead (for pencils)

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mina n

1. (yacimiento) mine

una mina de oro a gold mine

2. (de lápiz) lead