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"espigar" in English

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"espigar" in English
espigar{transitive verb}
espigar{intransitive verb}
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
espigar{intransitive verb}
to ear{vb}
A quienes robaban cinco espigas de cereal de una granja colectiva, se les condenaba a muerte o se les enviaba a campos de trabajo durante años.
For stealing five ears of grain from a collective farm, people were put to death or sent to camps for years.
Se impuso la "ley de las cinco espigas", por la que cualquiera que cogiera más de cinco espigas de grano se enfrentaba a la pena de muerte.
A rule of 'five ears of grain' was imposed, by which anyone who picked more than five ears of grain faced the death penalty.

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "espigar":
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "espigar" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
Señor Presidente, a estas alturas de la letanía de oradores, conviene concentrarse y espigar un par de puntos en el presupuesto.
Mr President, at this stage in the litany of speakers, I feel I should focus on and scrutinise a couple of items in the budget.