planter

macetero, jardinera

Maceta o caja grande donde se cultivan plantas.

En inglés sencillo: A large pot or box in which plants grow.

• The flowers grow in a wooden planter.
• We put two planters beside the front door.
• Does this planter have holes for water to escape?

Sinónimos: plant pot, flowerpot

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden planter, garden planter, fill a planter

dueño de plantación

Persona propietaria de una gran finca donde se cultiva, por ejemplo, caña de azúcar, algodón o té.

En inglés sencillo: A person who owns a large farm growing crops such as sugar, cotton, or tea.

• The planter owned a large cotton estate.
• Several sugar planters opposed the new tax.
• Her grandfather had been a tea planter.

Sinónimos: plantation owner

Expresiones frecuentes: cotton planter, wealthy planter, tea planter

plantador

Persona que pone semillas o plantas jóvenes en la tierra.

En inglés sencillo: A person who puts seeds or young plants into the ground.

• Each planter carried a bag of seedlings.
• The tree planters worked until sunset.
• An experienced planter showed us how deep to dig.

Expresiones frecuentes: tree planter, experienced planter

sembradora

Máquina que coloca semillas o plantas jóvenes en la tierra.

En inglés sencillo: A machine that puts seeds or young plants into the ground.

• The tractor pulled a seed planter.
• This planter places seeds in straight rows.
• The farmers repaired their planters before spring.

Sinónimos: planting machine

Expresiones frecuentes: seed planter, corn planter, mechanical planter