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cavar su propia tumba

Spanish, verb/kaˌbaɾ su ˌpɾopja ˈtumba/

cavar su propia tumba is a Spanish verb meaning “to dig one's own grave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cavar su propia tumba mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to dig one's own grave

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Comportarse de una manera que es muy probable que resulte en un gran daño para uno mismo.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cavar su propia tumba

  • cavo su propia tumba first-person present singular
  • cavé su propia tumba first-person preterite singular
  • cavado su propia tumba participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cavar su propia tumba?

  • /kaˌbaɾ su ˌpɾopja ˈtumba/
  • [kaˌβ̞aɾ su ˌpɾo.pja ˈt̪ũm.ba]
  • [kaˈβ̞aɾ su ˈpɾopja ˈt̪ũmba]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.