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piantare

to plant

verb pyahn-TAH-reh Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Origin: Latin plantare (to plant).

Also means

to abandon

Usage Note

Piantare means both to plant seeds/trees and, colloquially, to abandon or dump someone: mi ha piantato = 'she dumped me'. The imperative piantala! means 'cut it out!' or 'stop it!'. It takes avere as auxiliary. The combination piantare in asso (to leave someone in the lurch) is a fixed idiom.

Examples

"Abbiamo piantato un albero in giardino."

Natural Translation

We planted a tree in the garden.

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