cavar

/kaˈbaɾ/, [kaˈβ̞aɾ]

dig

Gerund: cavando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	cavado	cavada
Plural	cavados	cavadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	cavo	cavaba	cavé	cavaré	cavaría
tú	cavas	cavabas	cavaste	cavarás	cavarías
él/ella/Ud.	cava	cavaba	cavó	cavará	cavaría
nosotros	cavamos	cavábamos	cavamos	cavaremos	cavaríamos
vosotros	caváis	cavabais	cavasteis	cavaréis	cavaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	cavan	cavaban	cavaron	cavarán	cavarían
vos	cavás	cavabas	cavaste	cavarás	cavarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	cave	cavara	cavase	cavare
tú	caves	cavaras	cavases	cavares
él/ella/Ud.	cave	cavara	cavase	cavare
nosotros	cavemos	caváramos	cavásemos	caváremos
vosotros	cavéis	cavarais	cavaseis	cavareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	caven	cavaran	cavasen	cavaren
vos	cavés	cavaras	cavases	cavares

Imperative

Examples

¡Los cerdos hormigueros son increíbles! ¡Pueden cavar y esconderse en la tierra en menos de un minuto!

Aardvarks are amazing! They can dig and hide in the dirt in less than one minute!

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Estoy tan avergonzado que podría cavar un agujero y arrastrarme a él.

I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.

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El mejor lugar para encontrar a Dios es un jardín. Usted puede cavar para buscar a él allí.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

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Después de que terminemos de cavar la trinchera, plantar las flores será fácil.

After we finish digging the trench, planting the flowers will be easy.

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Si te encuentras en un agujero, para de cavar.

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

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Por un mes no cayó ni una sola gota de agua, así que tuvieron que cavar un pozo.

Not a drop of rain fell for a month, so they had to dig a well.

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A los niños les encanta cavar en la arena.

Children love to dig in the sand.

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Tom dejó de cavar.

Tom stopped digging.

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