plantar
verbCEFR B1
What does “plantar” mean in English?
to plant
to plant (place a tree, seedling, or plant in the ground — plantar árboles, plantar un jardín)
Example sentences
El ayuntamiento ha plantado cientos de árboles en los parques de la ciudad para mejorar la calidad del aire.
The council has planted hundreds of trees in the city's parks to improve air quality.
Plantar un árbol por cada uno que se tala es un principio básico de la gestión forestal sostenible.
Planting one tree for every one that is felled is a basic principle of sustainable forest management.
Algunos países tropicales están plantando millones de árboles para compensar décadas de deforestación masiva.
Some tropical countries are planting millions of trees to offset decades of massive deforestation.
How to use it
Plantar means 'to plant' — to put a tree, seed, or plant into the ground so it can grow. It is a regular -ar verb. Key collocates: plantar árboles (to plant trees), plantar un jardín, plantar semillas. In informal spoken Spanish, plantar can also mean 'to stand someone up' (dejar plantado), but this scene focuses on the environmental sense.
Common mistake
Plantar (to plant) and sembrar (to sow seeds) are distinct operations: plantar refers to placing a grown seedling or sapling in the ground; sembrar is scattering or placing seeds. In environmental contexts plantar is more common because it refers to tree-planting campaigns. Do not confuse with the colloquial dejar plantado (to stand someone up), which is a fixed expression.