English-Spanish translations for shovel

palaLa pala del minero de las minas de carbón ha quedado sustituida por el microprocesador. The coalminer's shovel has been replaced by the microprocessor. No sólo se pone la carga en las terminales, sino que además las bodegas se vacían con esas grandes palas que pueden causar daños. Not only are cargoes dumped in the terminals but mechanical shovels are used as well and mechanical shovels can cause damage. Se necesitan también maquinaria pesada adecuada para hacer frente a situaciones como ésta, e incluso los picos y las palas parecen escasear. There is also a need for adequate heavy equipment to deal with situations like this and even picks and shovels seem to be in short supply.
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A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots
To move materials with a shovel
To move with a shoveling motion

The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road.
After the blizzard, we shoveled the driveway for the next two days.
I dont mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly.
Already late for work, I shovelled breakfast into my mouth as fast as possible.

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