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audio plan·ta

f.
  1. botany plant
  2. anatomy (del pie) sole (of the foot)
  3. (diseño) ground or floor plan
  4. (piso) floor, story (of a building)
  5. (proyecto) plan, project
  6. (lista) roster or list of employees , payroll
  7. (instalación) plant
    una planta eléctrica an electric plant
  8. (plantío) field
    una planta de melones a field of melons
  9. (posición) stance, position (of feet)
  10. geometry foot (of a perpendicular)

Idioms:
buena planta
colloquial good looks
de nueva planta or de planta
  1. (de nuevo) again
  2. (desde los cimientos) from the ground floor
echar plantas
to bully, swagger
planta baja
ground floor, first floor (United States)
primera planta
second floor, first floor (Great Britain)
tener buena planta
colloquial to be good-looking
Inflected Forms: plantas - femi

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