sacar hierro: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  General Spanishliteral
  • To remove or extract iron (the metal) from something.

  Examples

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  • El herrero sacó hierro de la mina para fabricar nuevas herramientas.

    The blacksmith extracted iron from the mine to make new tools.

  • Durante la fundición, sacamos hierro puro para la producción de acero.

    During the smelting, we extracted pure iron for steel production.

  • El proceso para sacar hierro del mineral es complejo y requiere mucha energía.

    The process of extracting iron from the ore is complex and requires a lot of energy.

  • El ingeniero explicó cómo sacar hierro de las chatarra para reciclar materiales.

    The engineer explained how to extract iron from scrap to recycle materials.

• 2.

  General SpanishSpainLatin Americacolloquialinformal
  • To emphasize or draw attention to a fault, problem, or delicate matter, thereby making the situation seem more serious or exacerbating it by stressing negative aspects.

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  • No tienes que sacar hierro de ese error; todos cometemos equivocaciones.

    You don’t need to emphasize that mistake; we all make errors.

  • Cuando discuten, siempre sacan hierro sobre los pequeños detalles que no importan.

    When they argue, they always highlight trivial details that don’t matter.

  • Intentó no sacar hierro del problema para evitar que la situación empeorara.

    He tried not to stress the problem to prevent the situation from getting worse.