Mina in english
Mine
pronunciation: maɪn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: maɪn part of speech: noun
In gestures
mina1 = lode ; mine ; treasure trove ; coal mine.
Example: 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.Example: The cases provide a rich mine of role-playing material.Example: By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.Example: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.more:
» descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold ; hit + the jackpot ; strike + oil ; hit + pay dirt ; strike + pay dirt .
Example: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold. Example: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot. Example: There's no doubt socialite Melania Brown struck oil when she landed Donald Brown, one of the richest men in America. Example: She was is having a rough day and felt she hit pay dirt when she found a phone in a trash bin after hers was stolen. Example: She thought she'd struck pay dirt when a wealthy couple hired her to find their missing daughter, who they suspected has started using heroin -- who better to find a junkie than an ex-junkie?.» encontrar una de oro = strike + oil .
Example: There's no doubt socialite Melania Brown struck oil when she landed Donald Brown, one of the richest men in America.» encontrar una mina de oro = strike + gold ; hit + the jackpot ; hit + pay dirt ; strike + pay dirt .
Example: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold. Example: Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot. Example: She was is having a rough day and felt she hit pay dirt when she found a phone in a trash bin after hers was stolen. Example: She thought she'd struck pay dirt when a wealthy couple hired her to find their missing daughter, who they suspected has started using heroin -- who better to find a junkie than an ex-junkie?.» ingeniería de minas = mining engineering .
Example: The minimum academic qualification for mining engineers is a bachelor's degree in mining engineering.» ingeniero de minas = mining engineer .
Example: The minimum academic qualification for mining engineers is a bachelor's degree in mining engineering.» mina de carbón = coal mine ; colliery .
Example: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business. Example: This is the edge of an old spoil tip from the colliery which has now been stabilised and grassed over.» mina de diamantes = diamond mine .
Example: There was no telling how far they would have to travel before they reached the diamond mine.» mina de mar = sea mine .
Example: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.» mina de oro = gold mine [Sentido figurado] ; gold mine .
Example: Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments. Example: An overview is given of an expert system for the evaluation of seismic hazard in gold mines.» mina marina = sea mine .
Example: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.» minas de sal = saltworks .
Example: The new naval museum includes historical information on the saltworks at Cervia and its development as a port city.» mina terrestre = land mine .
Example: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.» pozo de mina = mine shaft .
Example: There is also a museum of mining which is partly housed in a disused mine shaft.» una mina de = a treasure trove of ; a hotbed of .
Example: Librarians can capitalize on this treasure trove of experience by incorporating it into the resource scenario. Example: One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.» una mina de información = a mine of information .
Example: It is essential to read the manual, which is a mine of information on indexing problems.» una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of .
Example: Premier Li Peng underlined the important role that the library has always played in society as the treasure house of knowledge.mina2 = mine.
Example: 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.more:
» campo de minas = minefield .
Example: The rules about surrounding proximity operators by spaces, sometimes required, sometimes optional, are rather confusing, and this guide is a help in this minefield.» mina antipersonal = anti-personnel mine .
Example: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.» mina fuera de ruta = roadside bomb .
Example: A roadside bomb struck a US armored personnel carrier in Baghdad, killing all seven American soldiers inside.» mina lapa = limpet mine .
Example: Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.» mina magnética = limpet mine .
Example: Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.» mina terrestre antipersonal = anti-personnel land mine .
Example: This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.mina3 = pencil lead.
Example: The reactions were then carried out in open vessels equipped with rudimentary condensers, and using either pencil lead or iron wire.more:
» lápiz de mina = lead pencil .
Example: Lead pencils are, in fact, made of a non-toxic graphite and have been since their early use in the 16th century.» mina de lápiz = pencil lead .
Example: The reactions were then carried out in open vessels equipped with rudimentary condensers, and using either pencil lead or iron wire.minar = erode ; undermine ; sap ; gnaw (at) ; undercut ; whittle (away/down/at) ; hollow out.
Example: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Example: 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'.Example: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.Example: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.Example: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.Example: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Example: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.more:
» minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence .
Example: As part of an imported culture libraries may be associated with influences undermining traditional values and self-confidence and with the propagation of negative values such as consumerism.» minar la seguridad = undermine + security .
Example: Being in IT for as long as we have, we know that oftentimes it's our own employees who inadvisably take actions that undermine security.» minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values .
Example: As part of an imported culture libraries may be associated with influences undermining traditional values and self-confidence and with the propagation of negative values such as consumerism.» minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence ; erode + Posesivo + confidence ; sap + Posesivo + confidence .
Example: He can experiment without anxiety because at each trial the new material can be supported by the old so that his confidence is not undermined if it fails. Example: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit. Example: This ideology subordinated all women by belittling their achievements, sapping their confidence, and convincing them that they were really inferior to men.