Palabra Inglés del Día

Definiciones

inglés > español
dig
1. vi. Cavar, escarbar.
2. vi. Excavar.
3. vi. Extraer.
4. vi. Remover.
5. vi. Entender a alguien, importarle alguien a uno.
I dig you. (Te capto; me importas).
6. s. Excavación.
7. s. Codazo, empujón, pulla, indirecta.
inglés > inglés
dig
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to m
They dug an eight-foot ditch along the side of the road.
In the wintertime, heavy truck tires dig into the road, forming potholes.
If the plane can't pull out of the dive it is in, it'll dig a hole in the ground.
My seven-year-old son always digs a hole in the middle of his mashed potatoes and fills it with gravy before he starts to eat them.
2. v. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
to dig potatoes;   to dig up gold
3. v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
4. v. (US, slang) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
5. v. (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
to dig up evidence;   to dig out the facts
6. v. To thrust; to poke.
7. v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
8. s. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
9. s. (US, colloquial dated) A plodding and laborious student.
10. s. A thrust; a poke.
He guffawed and gave me a dig in the ribs after telling his latest joke.
11. s. (dialect) A tool for digging.
12. s. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
13. v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
You dig?
14. v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.
Baby, I dig you.
15. s. (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
dig toxicity
español > inglés
cavar
1. v. to excavate, dig
2. v. to penetrate into

Pronunciación

Ejemplos

I'll dig it out for you.  There isn't much you can do but dig down and excavate, it may be a copy someone's planted and it's not worth.  How many cubic meters did we dig last week?  But if the address was nakedly political it also contained some titbits for the markets if they were prepared to dig around.  Dig the base of the hole well, incorporating grit and peat substitute if the soil is heavy and likely to become waterlogged.

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