La Palabra Del Día: "socavar"
socavar ( soh-kah-bahr' )
verb ( to undermine; to erode )
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Examples:
1: Este escándalo terminará socavando todo el trabajo que hicimos.
This scandal will end up undermining all the work we've put in.
2: Las lluvias socavaron el puente de rocas que llevaba al viejo castillo.
The rains eroded the rock bridge that led to the old castle.
13 Answers
Después del colegio los jovenes esperaban conseguir un buen trabajo relacionado con su licenciatura, y su propia casa. En vez conseguieron un inútil hoja de papel, una deuda agobiante, y un sentimiento de estar socavado
After college the young people expected to get a good job related to their degree, and their own house. Instead they got a useless piece of paper, a crippling debt, and a feeling of being undermined.
Como resultado del calentamiento global la mayor parte del hielo marino está siendo socavado a un ritmo alarmente.
As a result of global warming much of the sea ice is eroding at an alarming rate.
Algunas personas te pueden socavar con un cumplido.
Some people can undermine you with a compliment.
A veces un comentario extemporáneo de un maestro puedo socavar la confianza de un niño y tener un efecto negativo en su conducta futura.
Sometimes a teacher's offhand comment can undermine a child's confidence and have a bad effect on her future conduct.
No voy a dar un ejemplo específico pero cuando los socios de un partido pasan su tiempo en inacción, esto sólo sirve para sólo logran a socavarse por dentro.
I’m not giving any specific examples but when the members of a party spend their time doing nothing it only serves they only manage to bring themselves down from within.
I decided to do my own editing before Pablo arrives! Hope I got it right!
Los terror ataques en Europa socavaron la seguridad de la gente y aumentaron las voces anti- inmigrantes.
European terror attacks undermined the security of people and increased anti-immigrant voices.
Un hundimiento en el camino puede socavar tus esfuerzos para llegar al trabajo a tiempo.
A sinkhole in the road can undermine your efforts to get to work on time.
Mí perro le gusta socavar de la cerca.
My dog likes to undermine the fence.
As the cute kitten rolled frivolously on the carpet, the two women commented on the eroding of the Antarctica Ice Cap.
Como el lindo gatito frívolamente en la alfombra, las dos mujeres se refirió a la socavar de la capa de hielo de la Antártida.
El diablo continúa a socavar la gente a través de tentación.
The devil continues to undermine people through temptations.
Sería muy malo poseer una casa encima de un precipicio que se está socavando. Las fuerzas de la naturaleza son muy fuertes.
It would be very bad to own a house on top of a cliff which is being eroded. The forces of nature are very strong.
Nothing undermines confidence in politicians as much as their obfuscation through their conflation of unrelated topics; religion and racism for example.
Nada socava la confianza en los políticos tanto como su ofuscación a través de su fusión de temas no relacionados; la religión y el racismo, por ejemplo.
Si no te gusta volar, ni te gustan los ferries puedes tomar el tren porque han socavado un túnel bajo la Mancha y puedes subir tu coche al wagón del tren y llegar en París en poco tiempo , si no te moleste viajar como un gusano. Personalmente prefiero al aire libre.
If you don't like flying, and you don't like to go by ferry you can take the train because a tunnel has been dug under the English Channel and you can drive your car onto the goods wagon and arrive in Paris quite quickly, if travelling like a worm doesn't bother you. Personally I prefer fresh air.
