WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| socavar por dentro loc verb | (minar el subsuelo) | mine from inside, mine from within v expr |
| | La minera deberá socavar por dentro la montaña para extraer minerales. |
| | The mining industry will have to mine from inside (or: within) the mountain to extract minerals. |
| Additional Translations |
| socavar por dentro loc verb | figurado (debilitar un grupo) | bring down from within v expr |
| | | undermine from within v expr |
| | Pedro se infiltró en la organización para socavarla por dentro. |
| | Pedro infiltrated the organisation to bring it down from within. |