1 (Bot) [+tree, flower, crop] plantar; [+seed, garden, field] sembrar he says he plans to plant fruit trees and vegetables gardeners all over the country will be planting flower seeds this weekend the people needed all their strength to plant crops for the new harvest I'd better go and see if the gardener has planted those cabbages newly planted fields they have been planting a vegetable garden
to plant sth with sthwith sembrar algo de algo the field is planted with wheat el campo está sembrado de trigo; they plan to plant the area with grass and trees tienen pensado plantar la zona de árboles y poner césped
a border planted with lupins a valley planted with mixed deciduous trees alongside the road was a field planted with maize he has planted his vineyards with the French grapes Pinot Noir and Chardonnay following one year planted with tobacco it will for three years be planted with grass
2 (put) he stood with his feet planted apart se quedó de pie con los pies separados
he planted himself right in her pathhimself se le plantó en el camino; (informal) se plantó en mitad de su camino; (informal)
to plant an idea in sb's mindidea meter a algn una idea en la cabeza
to plant a kiss on sb's cheekkiss plantar un beso en la mejilla a algn; (informal)
she planted a punch right on his nosepunch le plantó un puñetazo en la nariz; (informal) she planted her feet wide and bent her knees slightly she planted a kiss on each of his leathery cheeks "hello," she said, turning her head so David could plant a kiss on her cheek he hoped that he could plant the idea in such a way that Abramov would believe it was his own he planted his chair next to hers
3 (furtively) [+bomb, evidence] colocar; poner; [+informer, spy] poner; infiltrar they had planted the bomb beneath the house so far no one has admitted planting the bomb they had planted a microphone in my desk I'm convinced the evidence was planted in John's flat perhaps she's been planted to catch me journalists informed police, who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith the CIA had planted its agents and informers in all the strategic areas
to plant sth on sb colocar algo a algn para incriminarle
to plant a revolver on sb he claimed the police had planted the drugs on him he always protested his innocence and claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him
