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Inflections of 'shovel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.

shovels: v 3rd person singular

shovelling: v pres p (Mainly UK)

shoveling: v pres p (US)

shovelled: v past (Mainly UK)

shoveled: v past (US)

shovelled: v past p (Mainly UK)

shoveled: v past p (US)

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
shovel n	(tool for digging)	pala nf
	The gravedigger leaned on his shovel.
	El enterrador estaba apoyado en su pala.
shovel [sth]⇒ vtr	(dig or move with shovel)	cavar⇒ vtr
		palear⇒ vtr
	Laura shoveled earth out of the hole she was digging for a garden pond.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los piratas cavaron un agujero para enterrar el tesoro.
shovel [sth] vtr	figurative, informal (eat big mouthfuls)	tragar⇒ vtr
	(figurado)	atragantarse⇒ v prnl
Note: Usually followed by "in" or "into".
	Pete shovelled mashed potato into his mouth hungrily.
	Pete se tragó el puré de patata con hambre.
	Pete se atragantó del puré de patatas.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
shovel n	(shovelful)	pala nf
	The hole grew bigger as each shovel of soil was removed.
	El agujero se hacía cada vez más grande con cada pala de tierra que se sacaba.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
power shovel n	(type of shovel)	pala mecánica nf + adj
		pala de cables eléctrica nf + loc adj
		pala electromecánica nf + adj
shovel [sth] up, shovel up [sth] vtr + adv	(collect or scoop)	palear⇒ vtr
		recoger⇒ vtr
	Workers had to spend weeks shovelling up the tar that had been washed onto the beach.
	Los trabajadores pasaron semanas paleando el alquitrán que había llegado a la playa.
snow shovel n	(spade for clearing snow)	pala de nieve nf
	Me he roto la espalda quitando la nieve con la pala (de nieve).
steam shovel n	(digging machine)	excavadora a vapor grupo nom

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'shovel' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

clear the snow from - power shovel - scoop - shovelful

Spanish:

pala - palear - traspalar - zapar - badil - badila - cajear - guataca - paleta

In Lists: Gardening tools, Things in a lawn/yard, Things in a garage, more...

Synonyms: spade, trowel, scoop, scoop shovel, garden spade, more...

Collocations: a [garden, toy, metal, plastic, snow, large, small] shovel, a [diesel, hydraulic, mechanical] shovel, use a shovel to dig [sand, weeds, soil], more...

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