plantarse

plantarse

► verbo pronominal

1 familiar (colocarse) to place oneself, position oneself

■ se plantó en la esquina she positioned herself on the corner

2 familiar (resistirse) to dig one's heels in

■ se ha plantado en tres millones y no se mueve he's holding out for three million and he won't budge

3 (en la baraja) to stick

■ ¡me planto! I stick

4 familiar (llegar) to get there, be there, arrive

■ nos plantamos en casa en quince minutos we were home in fifteen minutes

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1) to quit

2) stand firm

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VPR

1) (=colocarse) to plant o.s., plonk o.s. *

se nos plantó delante y no nos dejaba ver — he planted o plonked * himself in front of us so we couldn't see

se plantó aquí con todas sus maletas — he planted o plonked * himself here with all his suitcases

2) (=llegar)

plantarse en — to get to, make it to

en tres horas se plantó en Sevilla — he got to o made it to Seville in three hours

se plantó sin esfuerzo en la final — he made it to the final easily

3) (=mantenerse firme)

plantarse en — to stick to

se plantó en su decisión — she stuck to her decision

debes plantarte ahí y no dejarte influenciar — you should stick to that and not be swayed

4) (=detenerse) [caballo] to stop dead, pull up short

5) (Naipes) to stick

me planto — I stick

6) And, CAm * (=arreglarse) to doll o.s. up *

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(v.) = baulk at [balk at]

Ex. Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.

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(v.) = baulk at [balk at]

Ex: Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.

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■plantarse verbo reflexivo
1 (quedarse) to stand: se plantó ante la ventanilla de reclamaciones, he planted himself at the complaints window
2 (llegar) to arrive: nos plantamos allí en cinco minutos, we got there in five minutes
(presentarse) to plant oneself
3 (en naipes) to stick
4 (mantenerse firme) me planté y le dije que o me subía el sueldo o me iba, I stood firm and told him that I would leave if he didn't raise my salary
'plantarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
plantar

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vpr

1. [ponerse, colocarse] to plant oneself;

el perro se plantó delante de la puerta the dog planted itself in front of the door

2. Fam [presentarse] to turn up;

se plantó en la fiesta con dos amigos he turned up at the party with two friends

3. Fam [en un sitio con rapidez]

plantarse en to get to, to make it to;

nos podemos plantarse ahí en quince minutos we'll be able to get there in fifteen minutes

4. [en una actitud]

plantarse en algo to stick to sth, to insist on sth;

se ha plantado y dice que no quiere venir he's standing firm o digging his heels in and refusing to come

5. [en naipes] to stick;

¡me planto! stick!

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plantarse

v/r

1 put one’s foot down

2 (aparecer) show up, turn up

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vr

1) : to stand firm

2) fam : to arrive, to show up

3) fam : to balk