cave

cueva

Espacio grande formado de manera natural dentro de una roca o bajo tierra.

En inglés sencillo: A large natural space inside rock or under the ground.

• Bats live in this cave.
• We explored several caves along the coast.
• They sheltered in a cave during the storm.

Sinónimos: cavern

Expresiones frecuentes: dark cave, cave entrance, explore a cave

bodega, cava

Habitación fresca bajo tierra donde se guarda vino o queso.

En inglés sencillo: A cool room below ground where wine or cheese is stored.

• The cheese rests in a cool cave.
• Our wine cave holds two hundred bottles.
• They built caves beneath the shop to store cheese.

Sinónimos: cellar

Expresiones frecuentes: wine cave, cheese cave, storage cave

hueco, cavidad

Hueco en la tierra o en una roca, formado naturalmente o hecho por personas.

En inglés sencillo: A hollow or gap in earth or rock, made naturally or by people.

• Rainwater collected in a shallow cave in the rock.
• The workers dug a small cave in the bank.
• Loose soil filled the caves left by fallen stones.

Sinónimos: hollow, hole, cavity

Expresiones frecuentes: small cave, cave in rock, shallow cave

derrumbe

Caída de un techo o del suelo hacia un espacio vacío situado debajo.

En inglés sencillo: An event in which a roof or ground falls into the space below it.

• A cave blocked the mine entrance.
• The miners escaped before the roof cave.
• Several caves damaged the old tunnels.

Sinónimos: cave-in, collapse

Expresiones frecuentes: roof cave, mine cave, sudden cave

ceder, rendirse

Dejar de resistirse a la presión y aceptar lo que alguien quiere.

En inglés sencillo: To stop resisting pressure and agree to what someone wants.

• I finally caved and said yes.
• Will they cave in to our demands?
• He caved after the children begged for a puppy.

Cómo se usa: cave in to someone/something (The council caved in to public pressure.); cave under pressure (She refused to cave under pressure.)

Sinónimos: give in, yield, surrender

Antónimos: resist

Expresiones frecuentes: cave in, cave under pressure, cave to demands

derrumbarse, hundirse

Caer hacia dentro o hacia abajo por falta de apoyo suficiente.

En inglés sencillo: To fall inward or down because there is not enough support.

• The roof caved in.
• These walls could cave under the weight.
• Heavy rain caused the tunnel to cave in.

Cómo se usa: cave in (The tunnel began to cave in.)

Sinónimos: collapse, fall in

Expresiones frecuentes: cave in, roof cave in, walls cave in

socavar, ahuecar

Quitar tierra o roca del interior o de debajo de algo, dejando un hueco o debilitándolo.

En inglés sencillo: To remove earth or rock from inside or beneath something, leaving a hollow or weakening it.

• The current caved the riverbank.
• Floodwater had caved the earth beneath the wall.
• Strong waves slowly cave the softer rock.

Sinónimos: hollow out, undermine

Expresiones frecuentes: cave a bank, cave the earth, cave a levee

extraer por hundimiento

Extraer roca de una mina quitando sus soportes para que caiga.

En inglés sencillo: To obtain rock in a mine by removing its supports so it falls down.

• Miners cave the deposit by removing its supports.
• The crew caved the ore above the tunnel.
• They will cave this section after clearing the workers.

Expresiones frecuentes: cave the deposit, cave the ore, cave the rock