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"perforar" in English

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"perforar" in English
perforar{verb}
to bore- to drill- to perforate- to pierce- to clip- to drive- to punch- to punch out- to sink
perforar{transitive verb}
to bore-hole- to bore holes in- to drill holes in- to make holes in- to punch a hole in- to punch holes in- to puncture
Translations & ExamplesSynonymsContext Examples
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
perforar[perforando · perforado] {verb}
perforar(also: taladrar, empalagar, amuermar, latear)
to bore[bored · bored] {vb}
Durante la Década del Agua Internacional de las Naciones Unidas en los 80 se perforaron pozos profundos en zonas de la India sedienta de agua.
During the UN International Water Decade in the 1980s, deep bore wells were drilled in parts of water-starved India.
perforar(also: adiestrar, taladrar, abocardar, barrenar)
to drill[drilled · drilled] {vb}
No es necesario perforar montañas ni cortar árboles, y un barco puede transportar una gran cantidad de mercancía, además de a muchos pasajeros.
We do not drill through mountains, we do not cut down trees and one vessel can carry a great deal of cargo and a great many passengers.
Están perforando allá donde pueden y cada vez a mayor profundidad, lo que incrementa claramente el riesgo de accidentes.
They are drilling everything they can, and at ever-increasing depths, which clearly increases the risk of accidents.
En la actualidad existen cientos de plataformas marinas que perforan para extraer petróleo y gas natural.
There are, at present, hundreds of offshore platforms, drilling for both oil and natural gas.
perforar(also: agujerear, espinar, picar)
to perforate[perforated · perforated] {vb}
La goma está perforada para permitir que la luz traspase desde abajo y cree efectos visuales especiales.
The rubber is perforated to allow light to surpass from below, thus creating special visual effects.
Una elevada filigrana de interferencia filatélica, perforada solamente por el desconocimiento de la tradición británica y el deseo de rematar la carta escrita.
A high watermark of philatelic interference, perforated only by ignorance of British tradition and a wish to kill letter writing stone dead.
El piso, fabricado con placas metálicas perforadas, está iluminado desde arriba y abajo, y luce a veces metálico y otras veces incandescente.
The floor, built from perforated metal tiles, is illuminated from above and below and appears at times metallic, at times incandescent.
perforar(also: punzar, agujerear, penetrar, espetar)
to pierce[pierced · pierced] {vb}
perforar(also: picar)
to clip[clipped · clipped] {v.t.} [Brit.] (punch)
perforar(also: abrir)
to drive[drove · driven] {v.t.} (open up)
perforar(also: picar, ponchar)
to punch[punched · punched] {v.t.} (perforate)
perforar
to punch out {vb} (on paper)
perforar(also: abrir, excavar)
to sink[sank · sunk] {v.t.} (excavate)
Perforamos pozos que, una vez explotados, se secan.
We sink wells which, once exploited, go dry.
perforar[perforando · perforado] {transitive verb}
perforar
to bore-hole {vb}
perforar
to bore holes in {vb}
perforar
to drill holes in {vb}
perforar(also: agujerear)
to make holes in {vb}
perforar(also: punzar)
to punch a hole in {vb}
perforar
to punch holes in {vb}
perforar(also: pinchar, pincharse, poncharse)
to puncture[punctured · punctured] {vb}

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "perforar":
perforar
agujerear- atravesar- barrenar- calar- excavar- fresar- horadar- minar- punzar- socavar- taladrar- trepanar
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "perforar" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
empezaron a perforar con la esperanza de dar con yacimientos importantes
they began drilling in the hope of hitting it big
No es necesario perforar montañas ni cortar árboles, y un barco puede transportar una gran cantidad de mercancía, además de a muchos pasajeros.
We do not drill through mountains, we do not cut down trees and one vessel can carry a great deal of cargo and a great many passengers.
No es necesario perforar montañas ni cortar árboles, y un barco puede transportar una gran cantidad de mercancía, además de a muchos pasajeros.
The growth in short sea shipping needs to be considered, not in competition with the necessary investment in rail freight and road-rail transport, but in synergy with it.
Perforar en busca de petróleo y tender tuberías de gas, en virtud de consideraciones económicas, no debe tener prioridad sobre los riesgos ambientales de tales actividades.
Drilling for oil and the laying of gas pipelines must not, out of economic considerations, take precedence over the environmental risks presented by such activities.

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