siembra

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish siembra (“seeding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjembɾa/, [ˈʃẽm.bɾa]
• Hyphenation: siem‧bra

Noun

siembra

1. plant

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjembɾa/ [ˈsjẽm.bɾa]
• Rhymes: -embɾa
• Syllabification: siem‧bra

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥

Proto-Italic *sēmn̥

Latin sēmen

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sēmināre

Spanish sembrardeverb.

Spanish siembra

Deverbal from sembrar.

Noun

siembra f (plural siembras)

1. seeding

   Synonym: simienza (archaic)

2. sowing time
3. sown seed

Related terms

• semental

Etymology 2

Verb

siembra

1. inflection of sembrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “siembra”, 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