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masculine
/miˈneɾo/
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Translation
miner
Word origin
From mina ('mine') plus the agent suffix -ero, denoting a person who works in a mine.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- mina
- English cognates
- mine, mineral
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmineros
Examples
mina amanecer.
The miner went down into the mine before dawn.
.
Miners work in very harsh conditions.
treinta .
His grandfather was a miner for thirty years.
¿ túnel?
How many miners were trapped in the tunnel?
.
The whole town lived off the work of the miners.
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