Skip to content

coltura

cultivation

noun kohl-TOO-rah Less Common

Origin: from Latin cultura (tilling)

Also means

crop

Usage Note

Coltura is the agricultural growing of a crop, easily confused with its near-twin cultura (culture of the mind). The plural is colture, as in le colture intensive.

Examples

"La coltura del grano è importante qui."

Natural Translation

Wheat cultivation is important here.

Literal Translation

The cultivation of-the wheat is important here.

Explore Italian by topic