| inglés > español | |
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| shovel | |
| 1. s. Pala | |
| 2. vt. Espalar | |
| 3. vt. Palear | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| shovel | |
| 1. s. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which |  |
| 2. s. (US) A spade. | |
| 3. v. To move materials with a shovel. | |
| The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road. | |
| After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days. | |
| I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, figuratively) To move with a shoveling motion. | |
| Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| pala | |
| 1. n-f. shovel, spade | |
| 2. n-f. blade of an oar, a shovel, etc. | |
| 3. n-f. (shoemaking) upper, vamp | |
| 4. n-f. setting (piece of metal in which a precious gem is fixed) | |
| 5. n-f. paddle | |
| 6. n-f. (baking) peel | |
