plantar

English

Etymology

From Latin plantāris, from planta (“sole of the foot”) + -āris. By surface analysis, planta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplæntɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: planter

Adjective

plantar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the sole of the foot.

   a plantar wart

Hypernyms

• volar

Derived terms

• calcaneoplantar
• distoplantar
• dorsoplantar
• intradermoplantar
• intraplantar
• lateroplantar
• medioplantar
• midplantar
• nonplantar
• plantar fascia
• plantar fasciitis
• plantarflex
• plantarflexion
• plantarly
• plantar reflex
• plantar wart
• posteroplantar
• proximoplantar
• subplantar

Translations

relating to the sole of the foot

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 足底的 (zúdǐ de)

• Finnish: jalkapohja-, jalkapohjan, plantaarinen (fi)
• French: plantaire (fr)
• German: plantar (de), fußsohlenseitig
• Russian: подо́швенный (ru) (podóšvennyj), планта́рный (ru) (plantárnyj)
• Spanish: plantar (es)
• Swedish: fotsule-, fot-, plantar-, plantar (sv)

See also

• palmar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plantāre. Doublet of llantar.

Verb

plantar (first-person singular indicative present planto, past participle plantáu)

1. to plant (place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow)
2. to abandon

Conjugation

Conjugation of plantar

infinitive		plantar
gerund		plantando
past participle		m plantáu, f plantada, n plantao, m pl plantaos, f pl plantaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	planto	plantes	planta	plantamos	plantáis	planten
	imperfect	plantaba	plantabes	plantaba	plantábemos, plantábamos	plantabeis, plantabais	plantaben
	preterite	planté	plantasti, plantesti	plantó	plantemos	plantastis, plantestis	plantaron
	pluperfect	plantare, plantara	plantares, plantaras	plantare, plantara	plantáremos, plantáramos	plantareis, plantarais	plantaren, plantaran
	future	plantaré	plantarás	plantará	plantaremos	plantaréis	plantarán
	conditional	plantaría	plantaríes	plantaría	plantaríemos, plantaríamos	plantaríeis, plantaríais	plantaríen
subjunctive	present	plante	plantes, plantas	plante	plantemos	plantéis	planten, plantan
	imperfect	plantare, plantara	plantares, plantaras	plantare, plantara	plantáremos, plantáramos	plantareis, plantarais	plantaren, plantaran
imperative		—	planta	—	—	plantái	—

Related terms

• planta

Further reading

• “plantar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “plantar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology 1

From planta (“sole of the foot”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [plənˈtar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [plənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [planˈtaɾ]

Adjective

plantar m or f (masculine and feminine plural plantars)

1. plantar

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan plantar, from Late Latin plantāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [plənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [planˈtaɾ]

Verb

plantar (first-person singular present planto, first-person singular preterite plantí, past participle plantat)

1. (transitive) to plant
2. (transitive) to place, put, set
3. (transitive) to throw over, give up
4. (pronominal) to stand firm, to remain, to settle
5. (pronominal, card games) to stand pat, stick

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plantar (first conjugation)

infinitive			plantar
gerund			plantant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plantat		plantada
		plural		plantats		plantades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	planto	plantes	planta	plantem	planteu	planten
	imperfect	plantava	plantaves	plantava	plantàvem	plantàveu	plantaven
	future	plantaré	plantaràs	plantarà	plantarem	plantareu	plantaran
	preterite	plantí	plantares	plantà	plantàrem	plantàreu	plantaren
	conditional	plantaria	plantaries	plantaria	plantaríem	plantaríeu	plantarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	planti	plantis	planti	plantem	planteu	plantin
	imperfect	plantés	plantessis	plantés	plantéssim	plantéssiu	plantessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	planta	planti	plantem	planteu	plantin
	negative (no)	—	no plantis	no planti	no plantem	no planteu	no plantin

Derived terms

• plantada
• plantador
• plantament
• plantat

Related terms

• planta
• plantació

References

• “plantar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plantāre.

Verb

plantar

1. to plant
2. to halt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plantar

		simple			compound
infinitive		plantar			haveir plantá
gerund		plantánt			hayent plantá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	plantá			plantáe
	plural	plantás			plantáes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	planto	plantes	plantet	plantems	plantads	plantont
	imperfect	plantavo	plantaves	plantavet	plantavams	plantavads	plantavant
	preterite	plantei	plantés	plantét	plantémos	plantêtes	plantéront
	future	planterai	planterés	planterat	planterems	plantereds	planteránt
	conditional	planterim	planteries	planteriet	planteriams	planteriads	planteriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	planto	plantes	plantet	plantams	plantads	plantant
	imperfect	plantesso	plantesses	plantesset	plantessams	plantessads	plantessant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			planta		plantams	plantads

Related terms

• planta

References

• plantar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plantar m

1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

plantar

1. present of planta

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese plantar, prantar, borrowed from Latin plantāre. Doublet of chantar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [plɐ̃ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [plɐ̃ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/ [plɐ̃ˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐ̃ˈta.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: plan‧tar

Verb

plantar (first-person singular present planto, first-person singular preterite plantei, past participle plantado)

1. to plant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plantar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	plantar
Personal	plantar	plantares	plantar	plantarmos	plantardes	plantarem
Gerund
	plantando
Past participle
Masculine	plantado			plantados
Feminine	plantada			plantadas
Indicative
Present	planto	plantas	planta	plantamos	plantais	plantam
Imperfect	plantava	plantavas	plantava	plantávamos	plantáveis	plantavam
Preterite	plantei	plantaste	plantou	plantamos1, plantámos2	plantastes	plantaram
Pluperfect	plantara	plantaras	plantara	plantáramos	plantáreis	plantaram
Future	plantarei	plantarás	plantará	plantaremos	plantareis	plantarão
Conditional	plantaria	plantarias	plantaria	plantaríamos	plantaríeis	plantariam
Subjunctive
Present	plante	plantes	plante	plantemos	planteis	plantem
Imperfect	plantasse	plantasses	plantasse	plantássemos	plantásseis	plantassem
Future	plantar	plantares	plantar	plantarmos	plantardes	plantarem
Imperative
Affirmative		planta	plante	plantemos	plantai	plantem
Negative (não)		não plantes	não plante	não plantemos	não planteis	não plantem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• planta
• plantação

Further reading

• “plantar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “plantar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planˈtaɾ/ [plãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: plan‧tar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin plantāre.

Verb

plantar (first-person singular present planto, first-person singular preterite planté, past participle plantado)

1. to plant (put a plant or seeds into the ground)
2. to plant, place (an object in the ground)
3. to place, put
4. to stand up (not go to an agreed arrangement)
5. to smack, whack
6. to peck (kiss)
7. (reflexive) to put oneself, to settle
8. (reflexive) to stick to (an idea)
9. (reflexive, card games) to stick (not take any more cards)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plantar
gerund			plantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plantado		plantada
		plural		plantados		plantadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	planto	plantastú plantásvos	planta	plantamos	plantáis	plantan
	imperfect	plantaba	plantabas	plantaba	plantábamos	plantabais	plantaban
	preterite	planté	plantaste	plantó	plantamos	plantasteis	plantaron
	future	plantaré	plantarás	plantará	plantaremos	plantaréis	plantarán
	conditional	plantaría	plantarías	plantaría	plantaríamos	plantaríais	plantarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plante	plantestú plantésvos2	plante	plantemos	plantéis	planten
	imperfect (ra)	plantara	plantaras	plantara	plantáramos	plantarais	plantaran
	imperfect (se)	plantase	plantases	plantase	plantásemos	plantaseis	plantasen
	future1	plantare	plantares	plantare	plantáremos	plantareis	plantaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		plantatú plantávos	plante	plantemos	plantad	planten
	negative		no plantes	no plante	no plantemos	no plantéis	no planten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of plantar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive plantar	dative	plantarme	plantarte	plantarle, plantarse	plantarnos	plantaros	plantarles, plantarse
	accusative	plantarme	plantarte	plantarlo, plantarla, plantarse	plantarnos	plantaros	plantarlos, plantarlas, plantarse
with gerund plantando	dative	plantándome	plantándote	plantándole, plantándose	plantándonos	plantándoos	plantándoles, plantándose
	accusative	plantándome	plantándote	plantándolo, plantándola, plantándose	plantándonos	plantándoos	plantándolos, plantándolas, plantándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative planta	dative	plántame	plántate	plántale	plántanos	not used	plántales
	accusative	plántame	plántate	plántalo, plántala	plántanos	not used	plántalos, plántalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative plantá	dative	plantame	plantate	plantale	plantanos	not used	plantales
	accusative	plantame	plantate	plantalo, plantala	plantanos	not used	plantalos, plantalas
with formal second-person singular imperative plante	dative	plánteme	not used	plántele, plántese	plántenos	not used	plánteles
	accusative	plánteme	not used	plántelo, plántela, plántese	plántenos	not used	plántelos, plántelas
with first-person plural imperative plantemos	dative	not used	plantémoste	plantémosle	plantémonos	plantémoos	plantémosles
	accusative	not used	plantémoste	plantémoslo, plantémosla	plantémonos	plantémoos	plantémoslos, plantémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plantad	dative	plantadme	not used	plantadle	plantadnos	plantaos	plantadles
	accusative	plantadme	not used	plantadlo, plantadla	plantadnos	plantaos	plantadlos, plantadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative planten	dative	plántenme	not used	plántenle	plántennos	not used	plántenles, plántense
	accusative	plántenme	not used	plántenlo, plántenla	plántennos	not used	plántenlos, plántenlas, plántense

Derived terms

• dejar plantado
• desplantar
• implantar
• plantar cara
• plantar un pino
• trasplantar

Related terms

• planta
• plantación
• plantador
• plantear
• replantar
• suplantar

Etymology 2

Adjective

plantar m or f (masculine and feminine plural plantares)

1. (anatomy) plantar

Derived terms

• fascitis plantar

Related terms

• planta

Further reading

• “plantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025