mining

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaɪnɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mī′ning)

From the verb mine: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
mining n (industry)minería nf
  explotación minera nf + adj
 Daniel got a job in mining after he finished his college degree.
 Daniel consiguió un trabajo en minería después de terminar la universidad.
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InglésEspañol
mining n (laying mines)minado nm
 The army assigned its lowest-ranking soldiers the task of mining.
 El ejército asignó a sus soldados de menos rango la tarea de minado.
mining n (bitcoin cryptography) (criptomonedas)minado nm
 Mining is carried out by specialized hardware that solves calculations in exchange for bitcoins.
 El minado se hace con hardware especializado que realiza cálculos a cambio de bitcoines.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
mine pron (belonging to me)mío/a adj
 That hat is mine.
 Ese sombrero es mío.
mine pron (the one belonging to me)el mío, la mía loc prnl
 Mine is the blue one.
 El mío es el azul.
mine n (excavation)mina nf
 The diamond mine was controlled by the rebels.
 Los rebeldes controlaban la mina de diamantes.
a mine of [sth] n figurative (abundant supply) (figurado)mina nf
 The website was a mine of information.
 El foro de idiomas era una mina de información.
mine [sth]⇒ vtr (extract minerals, metals, etc.)extraer⇒ vtr
 They mined gold from that mountain.
 Ellos extraían oro de la montaña.
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mine n (explosive device)mina nf
 Hiking is prohibited here because of the risk of stepping on a buried mine.
 Está prohibido hacer senderismo aquí porque hay riesgo de pisar una mina enterrada.
mine⇒ vi (dig, excavate)explotar⇒ vtr
 They mined until the mountain had no more ore to give.
 Ellos explotaron la montaña hasta dejarla seca.
mine for [sth] vi + prep (dig to find [sth]) (excavación)buscar⇒ vtr
  excavar⇒ vtr
 People have been mining for gold here for over one hundred years.
 La gente ha estado buscando oro aquí desde hace 100 años.
mine [sth]⇒ vtr (plant explosive mines)minar⇒ vtr
 The army mined the whole field.
 El ejército minó todo el campo.
mine [sth] vtr (data: analyse) (datos, figurado)escarbar⇒ vtr
 They mined the data, looking for buying patterns.
 Escarbaron los datos en busca de patrones de compra.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
mining | mine
InglésEspañol
coal mining n (industry: digging for coal)minería del carbón nf
 When weighing the cost of burning coal, one should consider not only the impact of burning coal but also the impact of coal mining on the environment, local communities and the miners themselves.
data mining n (information gathering and analysis) (IT)minería de datos loc nom f
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La minería de datos hace uso de distintos modelos de probabilidades.
  búsqueda y procesamiento de datos loc nom f
engineer of mines,
mine engineer,
mining engineer n		 (specialist in mineral extraction)ingeniero de minas, ingeniera de minas nm, nf + loc adj
gold mining n (excavation for gold)minería del oro grupo nom
 Gold mining will have a big impact on political stability in the region.
 La minería de oro tendrá un gran impacto en la estabilidad política de la región.
land mining n (military: placing explosives underground)mina terrestre loc nom f
lead mining n (excavation for lead)minería de plomo grupo nom
 Much of the countryside has been scarred by the lead mining that used to take place.
 La minería de plomo ha dejado una gran marca en la mayoría del campo.
mining claim n (law: land parcel)concesión minera loc nom f
mining site n (location of a mine or pit)ubicación de la mina nf + loc adj
silver mining n (extraction of silver from underground)minería de plata, minería de la plata grupo nom
strip mining n (excavation method)minería a cielo abierto nf
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'mining' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bench - blasting - cage - claim - coal seam - cribbing - crusher - culm - damp - end plate - face - fire setting - gold fever - hanging wall - head house - hutch - ME - mineral lease - moil - open-pit - pay dirt - prospecting - slagheap - sprag - stopping - strike - tailrace - trommel - vein - working face
Spanish:
explotación minera - laboreo - lanchar - minador - minería - minero - campamento minero - cuenca - explotación - yacimiento minero

Collocations: mining [drills, tools, equipment], a mining [hat, helmet, flashlight], [a fall, a rise, a decrease] in mining activity, more...

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