cultivar

m.

cultivar, plant variety which originates and persists under cultivation.

v.

1 to farm, to cultivate (tierra).

Pedro cultiva peces Peter breeds=cultivates fish.

2 to cultivate (amistad, inteligencia).

3 to practice (art).

4 to culture (germen).

5 to grow, to cultivate, to farm, to grow up.

María cultiva repollos Mary grows cabbages.

6 to develop, to elaborate upon, to cultivate, to evolve.

Pedro cultiva buenos modales Peter develops good manners.

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cultivar

► verbo transitivo

1 to cultivate, farm

2 (ejercitar facultades) to work at, practise (US practice), improve

■ cultivar la memoria to improve one's memory

3 (en biología) to produce

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cultivar las amistades figurado to cultivate friendships

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verb

1) to cultivate

2) farm

3) raise, grow

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VT

1) (Agr) [+ tierra] to farm, cultivate, till; [+ cosecha] to grow, raise

2) (Bio) to culture

3) [+ amistad, arte, estudio] to cultivate; [+ talento] to develop; [+ memoria] to develop, improve

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verbo transitivo

1) (Agr) <campo/tierras> to cultivate, farm; <plantas> to grow, cultivate

un huerto bien cultivado — a well-tended vegetable garden

2) <bacterias/perlas> to culture

3) <amistad> to cultivate; <inteligencia/memoria> to develop; <artes/interés> to encourage

4) (practicar) to practice*

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verbo transitivo

1) (Agr) <campo/tierras> to cultivate, farm; <plantas> to grow, cultivate

un huerto bien cultivado — a well-tended vegetable garden

2) <bacterias/perlas> to culture

3) <amistad> to cultivate; <inteligencia/memoria> to develop; <artes/interés> to encourage

4) (practicar) to practice*

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cultivar¹

¹ = cultivate, grow, till, grow + Plantas, grow + crops.

Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

Ex: Thus, for example, various books on growing different flowers should be close to one another when arranged on shelves in accordance with the classification scheme.

Ex: Chapter 5 will focus on staffing issues and opportunities -- the roots and substance of a properly tilled organizational garden.

Ex: Sugar beet is grown in a variety of locations and under a variety of agronomic conditions within the UK.

Ex: Even in mathematics the examples are all practical, rooted in the garden behind the school where the children grow crops.

* cultivar la tierra = farm + land, grow + crops.

* cultivar los hábitos de lectura = cultivate + reading habits.

* cultivar plantaciones = grow + crops.

* cultivarse = grow.

* cultivar un don = cultivate + gift.

* zona sin cultivar = wildland.

cultivar²

² = cultivar.

Nota: Variedad de planta obtenida de una especie natural.

Ex: In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.

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cultivar [A1 ]

vt

A (Agr) ‹campo/tierras› to cultivate, farm; ‹plantas› to grow, cultivate

un huerto bien cultivado a well-tended vegetable garden

B

1 ‹bacterias› to culture

2 ‹perlas› to culture

C ‹amistad› to cultivate; ‹inteligencia/memoria› to develop; ‹artes› to encourage, promote; ‹interés› to foster, encourage

para cultivar un espíritu de solidaridad to foster a spirit of solidarity

D (practicar) to practice*

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cultivar (conjugate cultivar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹campo/tierras› to cultivate, farm;

‹plantas› to grow, cultivate

b) ‹bacterias/perlas› to culture

c) ‹amistad› to cultivate;

‹inteligencia/memoria› to develop;
‹artes/interés› to encourage
cultivar verbo transitivo
1 to cultivate, farm
2 Biol to culture
'cultivar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
terrena
- terreno
- yerma
- yermo
- baldío
- cosechar
English:
cultivate
- farm
- grow
- nurture
- raise
- till
- work
- culture
- uncultivated

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cultivar

♦ vt

1. [tierra] to farm, to cultivate;

[plantas] to grow;

dejó sus tierras sin cultivar he left his land uncultivated

2. [amistad, inteligencia] to cultivate

3. [arte] to practise

4. [germen] to culture

♦ See also the pronominal verb cultivarse

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cultivar

v/t AGR grow; tierra farm; fig

cultivate

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cultivar vt

1) : to cultivate

2) : to foster

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cultivar vb

1. (tierra) to farm

2. (cultivo) to grow [pt. grew; pp. grown]