graves in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for graves in the English»Spanish Dictionary

grave¹ N

1. grave:

grave

tumba f

grave

sepultura f

as quiet or silent as the grave

como una tumba

inside, the place was like a grave

dentro había un silencio sepulcral

to dig one's own grave

cavarse su (or mi etc.) propia tumba

to turn in one's grave your father must be turning in his grave

si tu padre levantara la cabeza …

2. grave (death) liter:

that's a secret she'll take to the grave

ese es un secreto que se llevará a la tumba

a voice from beyond the grave

una voz de ultratumba

Waterloo was the grave of Bonapartist hopes

en Waterloo quedaron enterradas las esperanzas bonapartistas

grave² <graver, gravest> [Am ɡreɪv, Brit ɡreɪv] ADJ

1.1. grave (serious, momentous):

grave consequences/error/danger

grave

of the gravest importance

de la mayor gravedad

you do me a grave injustice

estás cometiendo una grave injusticia conmigo

1.2. grave (solemn):

grave voice/expression/manner

grave

he's rather grave

es una persona más bien seria

2. grave [ɡrɑv] [ɡrɑːv] LING:

grave

grave

a grave accent

un acento grave

grave robber N

grave robber

profanador m de tumbas / profanadora f de tumbas

mass grave N

mass grave

fosa f común

war grave N

war grave

tumba f de soldado

Translations for graves in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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huecheo

plundering (of archeological sites and graves)

huechero (huechera)

plunderer (of archeological sites and graves)

guaquero (guaquera)

person who plunders graves or other archaeological sites

huesa

grave

fosa común

common grave

fosa común

communal grave

fosa común (para indigentes)

pauper's grave

graves in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for graves in the English»Spanish Dictionary

grave¹ [greɪv] N

grave

tumba f

grave

sepultura f

mass grave

fosa f común

to go to one's grave

irse a la tumba

beyond the grave

más allá de la sepultura

from beyond the grave

desde el más allá 

grave² [greɪv] ADJ

1. grave:

grave (seriously bad)

grave

grave (serious)

serio, -a

grave (be taken seriously)

importante

grave (worrying)

preocupante

a grave mistake/risk

un grave error/riesgo

grave news

noticias f pl alarmantes

2. grave (momentous):

grave

trascendental

3. grave (solemn):

a grave ceremony

una ceremonia solemne

a grave person/face

una persona/cara seria

grave-digger [ˈgreɪvˌdɪgəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

grave-digger

sepulturero(-a) m (f)

mass grave N

mass grave

fosa f común

grave mound N

grave mound

túmulo m de una tumba

grave robber N

grave robber

ladrón(-ona) m (f) de tumbas

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pauper's grave

fosa f común

Translations for graves in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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huesa

shallow grave

enterramiento (tumba)

grave

ancuviña

grave

cavar una ancuviña

to dig a grave

graves Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

from the cradle to the grave

durante toda la vida

to dig one's own grave

cavarse su propia tumba

to go to one's grave

irse a la tumba

to have one foot in the grave

estar con un pie en la tumba

a grave person/face

una persona/cara seria

to be silent as the grave coll

ser una tumba fig

I promise on my mother's grave that ...

te prometo por mis muertos que...

to be digging one's own grave

estar cavando su propia sepultura

I swear it on my mother's grave

que me parta un rayo si no es verdad inf

your grandfather would turn in his grave

tu abuelo se revolvería en su tumba

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In case of losing special powers the reborn becomes vulnerable, starts to rot, and rigor mortis sets in soon, as if the reborn were still in their graves.

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Four more vessels were consigned to watery graves.

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Scattered about within are various planted trees, the cedar predominating, some of which are hereafter mentioned as occurring close to graves.

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Today, the main feature that remains is a weathered white picket fence surrounding two graves.

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Carnations and gladiolus glowed upon the graves.

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Among the objects found were 85 farm buildings and 60 outbuildings, most of them with an almost pristine ground plan visible, graves, pottery, bone ice skates, jewelry and tools.

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Then when mankind is resurrected from their graves, you shall see the eyes of the disbelievers fixedly stare in horror.

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The graves are on top of the mausoleum.

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Wind, water, and animals had exposed the dead, hurriedly buried in shallow graves.

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Graves are on terraces in the rolling terrain.

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