tunnel

tunnel
[ˈtʌnəl]
sustantivo
1túnel (m)
  • tunnel vision (sentido figurado) -> estrechez (f) de miras
verbo transitivo (pt & pp tunneled, tunneled)
también:
  • to tunnel one's way out of prison -> escapar de la cárcel haciendo un túnel (Estados Unidos)
verbo intransitivo
2abrir un túnel

tunnel [ta-nel]
sustantivo
1Túnel, socavón, o paso subterráneo, abierto artificialmente para el paso de trenes, para conducir aguas, o establecer otra comunicación.
2Cañón de chimenea, de ladrillera, etc. Tunnel-net, red profunda ancha por la boca y de forma cónica.
1Hacer, construir un socavón o túnel a través de una colina o por debajo de un río.
2Disponer en forma de túnel o socavón.
va.

tunnel [ˈtʌnl]
noun
(gen) túnel; (m) (Min) galería; (f) (underpass) paso subterráneo; (m)
verb:transitive
[+one's way, a passage] cavar
they tunnelled their way out escaparon excavando un túnel; a mound tunnelled by rabbits un montículo lleno de madrigueras de conejo; shelters tunnelled out in the hillsides refugios horadados en las colinas; (m)
verb:intransitive
construir un túnel; [+animal] excavar una madriguera
they tunnel into the hill construyen un túnel bajo la colina; to tunnel down into the earth perforar un túnel en la tierra; the rabbits tunnel under the fence los conejos hacen madrigueras que pasan debajo de la valla
modifier
tunnel vision (n) visión periférica restringida; (f) estrechez de miras; (f)

Verb Conjugation for "tunnel"

Imperative
  • tunnel
  • you tunnel
  • he/she tunnels
  • we tunnel
  • you tunnel
  • they tunnel
Preterite
  • I tunnelled
  • you tunnelled
  • he/she tunnelled
  • we tunnelled
  • you tunnelled
  • they tunnelled
Present Continuous
  • I am tunnelling
  • you are tunnelling
  • he/she is tunnelling
  • we are tunnelling
  • you are tunnelling
  • they are tunnelling
Present Perfect
  • I have tunnelled
  • you have tunnelled
  • he/she has tunnelled
  • we have tunnelled
  • you have tunnelled
  • they have tunnelled
Past Continuous
  • I was tunnelling
  • you were tunnelling
  • he/she was tunnelling
  • we were tunnelling
  • you were tunnelling
  • they were tunnelling
Past Perfect
  • I had tunnelled
  • you had tunnelled
  • he/she had tunnelled
  • we had tunnelled
  • you had tunnelled
  • they had tunnelled
Future
  • I will tunnel
  • you will tunnel
  • he/she will tunnel
  • we will tunnel
  • you will tunnel
  • they will tunnel
Future Perfect
  • I will have tunnelled
  • you will have tunnelled
  • he/she will have tunnelled
  • we will have tunnelled
  • you will have tunnelled
  • they will have tunnelled
Future Continuous
  • I will be tunnelling
  • you will be tunnelling
  • he/she will be tunnelling
  • we will be tunnelling
  • you will be tunnelling
  • they will be tunnelling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been tunnelling
  • you have been tunnelling
  • he/she has been tunnelling
  • we have been tunnelling
  • you have been tunnelling
  • they have been tunnelling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been tunnelling
  • you will have been tunnelling
  • he/she will have been tunnelling
  • we will have been tunnelling
  • you will have been tunnelling
  • they will have been tunnelling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been tunnelling
  • you had been tunnelling
  • he/she had been tunnelling
  • we had been tunnelling
  • you had been tunnelling
  • they had been tunnelling
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