What does săpa in Romanian mean?

What is the meaning of the word săpa in Romanian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use săpa in Romanian.

The word săpa in Romanian means hoe, dig, a aduce la sapă de lemn, a săpa, a escava, a săpa o vizuină, animal care sapă tuneluri, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa adânc, a se introspecta, a săpa, a grava, a săpa caneluri, a săpa, a scurma, sapă, a săpa, a excava, a săpa după ceva, a face o gaură în, a trudi, a sărăci, brăzdar, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa, a săpa un șanț, soldat care sapă tranșee, a săpa un tunel, a săpa, persoană care sapă un tunel, a ruina, hoe. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word săpa

hoe, dig

a aduce la sapă de lemn

(impoverish)

The father's gambling addiction beggared his family.

a săpa, a escava

(drill: shaft, tunnel)

This machine can bore tunnels through layers of rock.

a săpa o vizuină

(dig a hole or tunnel)

Cârtițele au săpat vizuine din nou sub gazonul meu.
Moles have been burrowing under the lawn again.

animal care sapă tuneluri

(animal that digs underground)

a săpa

(use a hoe)

a săpa

(dig, dip into sth)

The gardener delved into the soil with her spade.

a săpa

(turn soil with a spade, etc.)

Îl pot vedea pe Tom afară, săpând în grădină.
I can see Tom outside digging in the garden.

a săpa

(remove, turn up: soil)

Grădinarul sapă stratul de legume.
The gardener is digging the vegetable plot.

a săpa

(make a hole, trench, etc.)

The puppy dug a hole and buried the bone.

a săpa

(excavate, search)

Piratul a săpat după comoara ascunsă.
The pirate dug for the hidden treasure.

a săpa adânc

(figurative (summon inner resources) (figurat)

You'll have to dig deep if you want to find the courage to get through this ordeal.

a se introspecta

(figurative (summon inner resources)

Dig deep within yourself and you'll find you can overcome any fear.

a săpa

(military: dig a trench)

The soldiers were entrenched on the left flank.

a grava

(engrave)

The craftsman specializes in etching stone.

a săpa caneluri

(groove)

The mason fluted the stone.

a săpa, a scurma

(dig)

Purslane has a deep root, and you have to grub in the mud to get it out.

sapă

(garden tool)

Ben și-a rupt sapa și a trebuit să folosească o lopată ca să dea murdăria din grădină.
Ben broke his hoe and had to use a shovel to turn the dirt in his garden.

a săpa, a excava

(dig)

Hole out that swampy area, so it can drain.

a săpa după ceva

(scoop, dig: a hole, etc.)

a face o gaură în

(scoop, dig: a hole, etc.)

He hollowed out a place in the earth to bury the treasure.

a trudi

(US, regional (work hard)

a sărăci

(make sb poor)

brăzdar

(blade of a plough) (la plug)

a săpa

(dig or move with shovel)

a săpa

(dig)

Proprietarul minei sapă un puț nou acolo. Ne-am propus să săpăm o fântână.
The mine owner is sinking a new shaft over there. We plan to sink a well.

a săpa

(dig)

Through the window, Ursula could see the gardener spading the vegetable patch.

a săpa un șanț

(dig a trench)

soldat care sapă tranșee

(person: digs trenches)

a săpa un tunel

(make a tunnel)

a săpa

(passage: dig, excavate) (tunel, galerie)

persoană care sapă un tunel

(person who digs tunnels)

a ruina

(figurative, often passive, informal (ruin financially)

My great-grandfather was a rich man until the stock market crash of 1929 wiped him out.

hoe

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