- vegetar
- v.1 to grow (plant).2 to vegetate (informal) (holgazanear).* * *vegetar► verbo intransitivo1 (plantas) to vegetate, grow2 figurado (persona) to vegetate* * *VI1) (Bot) to grow2) (fig) [persona] to vegetate; [negocio] to stagnate* * *verbo intransitivoa) (Bot) to growb) (fam) persona to vegetate (colloq & pej)* * *verbo intransitivoa) (Bot) to growb) (fam) persona to vegetate (colloq & pej)* * *vegetar11 = vegetate, veg out.
Ex: There are people who like to vegetate in front of the TV but who, in retrospect, wish they had done something productive with that time.
Ex: Some people like to be active at the weekend while others prefer to veg out.vegetar22 = vegetate.Nota: Aplicado generalmente a las plantas.Ex: Plants vegetate on an 18/6 light cycle (18 hours of light, 6 hours of darkness).
* * *vegetar [A1 ]vi1 (Bot) to grow2 (fam); «persona» to vegetate (colloq pej)ni trabaja ni estudia, se dedica a vegetar she doesn't work or study, she just sits there vegetating (colloq)* * *
vegetar (conjugate vegetar) verbo intransitivoa) (Bot) to growb) (fam) [persona] to vegetate (colloq & pej)
vegetar vi fig to vegetate
'vegetar' also found in these entries:
English:
vegetate
* * *vegetar vi1. [planta] to grow2. Fam [persona] to vegetate* * *vegetarv/i figvegetate* * *vegetar vi: to vegetate
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.