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"quarry" in Spanish

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"quarry" in Spanish
quarry{noun}
cantera- presa
to quarry{transitive verb}
excavar- extraer- abrir una cantera en
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TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
quarry{noun}
quarry(also: pit)
cantera{f}
It is, but we must resist the tendency to use this Budget as a quarry for the new tasks that are to come.
Lo es, pero tenemos que evitar la tendencia a recurrir a él como cantera para financiar las nuevas tareas que irán surgiendo.
Mr President, this is the second time today that we have discussed mining and quarrying.
Señor Presidente, esta es la segunda vez en este día que debatimos sobre minas y canteras.
As someone has already pointed out in this debate, not all quarries that are extractive industries are the same.
Como ya ha apuntado alguien en este debate, no todas las canteras que son industrias extractivas son iguales.
quarry(also: dam, weir, barrage, inmate)
presa{f}
to quarry[quarried · quarried] {transitive verb}
to quarry
excavar[excavando · excavado] {v.t.}
to quarry(also: to extract, to withdraw, to abstract, to cut)
extraer[extrayendo · extraído] {vb}
to quarry
abrir una cantera en {vb}

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (English) for "quarry":
quarry
fair game- pit- prey- stone pit- target
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "quarry" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
I believe that will happen with this one as well, and quarry owners are not happy about that.
Pienso que es algo que va a ocurrir también con esta y los propietarios de las industrias extractivas no están nada contentos al respecto.
They have quite simply not been of sufficient economic interest to quarry in all of the places where we know they are present.
Simplemente, no han tenido el suficiente interés económico como para extraerlos en todos los lugares donde sabemos que están presentes.
It is, but we must resist the tendency to use this Budget as a quarry for the new tasks that are to come.
Creo que debemos tener en cuenta este aspecto – y así lo haremos– en la estructura de los presupuestos en el marco de la planificación financiera a medio plazo.
The agricultural budget must not become a quarry for every kind of desirable commodity, but must set forth a reliable agricultural policy option.
El presupuesto agrícola no debe convertirse en el autoservicio para los deseos más diversos sino que tiene que representar una opción fiable de política agraria.

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