Portuguese-English translations for cavar

dig
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We would be digging our own grave. Estaríamos a cavar a nossa própria sepultura. To me one of the first rules in politics is, if you are in a hole, stop digging. A meu ver, uma das regras essenciais da política é que quando estamos no buraco, é melhor parar de cavar.When in a hole, one should stop digging, and I therefore ask him to give us full disclosure. Quando se está metido num buraco, é conveniente deixar de cavar, e por isso lhe peço que nos revele tudo.
bore
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to bore for water or oilAn insect bores into a tree.to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole

burrow
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The young girl burrowed into the bedThe journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayors corruption
cave
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We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelterThis wine has been aged in our cave for thirty yearsMy room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family
delve
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