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The English Word of the Day/La palabra en inglés del día: P L A N T

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sustantivo, verbo

Ahora tenemos un "corrector" oficial para nuestro español. Démosle la bienvenida a Rosalindaurora.

Como tenemos muchos nativos ingleses, por favor siéntase libre para ayudarse mutuamente.

Las directrices:

Una frase debe tener al menos 4 palabras.

Limite tus respuestas a 4 frases o menos.

No copie directamente tu respuesta del traductor.

No utilice letras de canciones o frases que no son fácilmente traducidos al inglés.

No copie y pegue de un libro o de otra fuente directamente.

Utilice tus propias palabras, por favor.

Puedes publicar respuestas múltiples.

Incluya el inglés, así como el español, en tu respuesta.

The English word of the day is:

P L A N T

Now we have an official "corrector" for our Spanish. Please welcome Rosalindaurora.

As we have many English native speakers so please feel free to help one another.

Guidelines:

A sentence must have at least 4 words.

Limit your answer to 4 sentences or less.

Do not copy your answer directly from a translator.

Do not use song lyrics or phrases that are not easily translated to English.

Do not directly copy and paste from a book or other source.

Use your own words, please.

You may post multiple answers.

Include the English, as well as the Spanish, in your answer.

Examples:

She planted herself in the corner. / Se puso en el rincón.

The police had planted a spy in the gang. / La policía había infiltrado a un espía en la banda.

mata hari 7

This was the previous challenge.

Please thank Rosalindaurora for her help with our Spanish.

Vote for every answer and for me. wink

Unusual English word of the day. Piffle Just for fun. smile

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updated May 7, 2015
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Gracias Ian. xo - rac1, May 1, 2015
De nada princsa xx - ian-hill, May 1, 2015
Have a badge form Madge mate. - ray76, May 2, 2015
Gracias amigo. - ian-hill, May 2, 2015

7 Answers

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Botany is the scientific study of plants.

La botánica es el estudio científico de las plantas.

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updated May 7, 2015
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
:) - ian-hill, May 1, 2015
¡Muy bien! - Rosalindaurora, May 2, 2015
Gracias, Rosa. :) - rac1, May 2, 2015
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Power plants are producing electricity, but they are contaminating the environment.

Las plantas de energía producen la electricidad, pero están contaminando el medio ambiente.

updated May 3, 2015
edited by porcupine7
posted by porcupine7
:) - ian-hill, May 1, 2015
Porcu...."Power plants"...."producing electricity"..... ♥ - rac1, May 1, 2015
¡Muy bien! I agree with the corrections. - Rosalindaurora, May 2, 2015
Thanks Rac - porcupine7, May 3, 2015
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We planted radishes, beets, Swiss chard and kale in our raised bed garden last month.

¡Muchas gracias Rosalindaurora! smile

Sembramos los rábanos, las remolachas, la acelga, y la col rizada en nuestra cama de jardín para cultivado el mes pasado.

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updated May 2, 2015
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
:) - ian-hill, May 1, 2015
Muy bien. I would say, "cama de jardín" - Rosalindaurora, May 2, 2015
:) - jrschenk, May 2, 2015
Thanks Rosalindauro! - sanlee, May 2, 2015
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Las plantas están utilizadas para la curación.

Plants are used for healing.

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updated May 2, 2015
posted by ray76
Pepper has been used to relieve pain for 1000s of years in the Andean mountains mate. - ian-hill, May 2, 2015
And Coca leaf for a multitude of problems. - ian-hill, May 2, 2015
I could do with a tree or three of Coca mate. - ray76, May 2, 2015
Dare I say it? Robert is my favorite Plant. Robert Plant is used to sooth the ears, and to relieve stress. - jrschenk, May 2, 2015
Shrenk , you mean Basil as in Faulty ? - ray76, May 2, 2015
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Algunos de nuestros principales medicamentos son derivados de plantas.

Some of our major medicines are derived from plants.

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updated May 2, 2015
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
:) - ian-hill, May 2, 2015
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No creo que suficiente personas se den cuenta como importante son las plantas para la vida entera.

I don't think enough people realise how important plants are for all life.

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updated May 2, 2015
edited by jennysk
posted by jennysk
We'd not be here without them that is for sure. - ian-hill, May 2, 2015
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Esta planta puede comer moscas (la venus trapamoscas.)

This plant eats flies (the venus fly trap.)

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updated May 3, 2015
posted by jphip
:) - ian-hill, May 3, 2015