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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

se siembra

English translation:

are cultivated

Added to glossary by AleBarahona
Oct 29, 2019 16:44
5 yrs ago
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Spanish term

se siembra

Homework / test Spanish to English Other Agriculture cultive
¡Hola!
Como parte de una actividad tengo que traducir la siguiente frase
"Y SE SIEMBRAN ENTRE 140 Y 170 MIL HECTÁREAS QUE PRODUCEN ALREDEDOR DE 1.6 MILLONES DE TONELADAS "
pero la verdad no sé cómo poner "se siembra" o si mi gramática es correcta.

Yo escribí
"BETWEEN 140 AND 170 THOUSAND HECTARES ARE SOWED, WHICH PRODUCTION IT IS AROUND/OVER 1.6 MILLION TONS."
o
"IT IS SOWN BETWEEN 140 AND 170 THOUSAND HECTARES WHICH PRODUCE AROUND 1.6 MILLION TONS"

si pudiesen ayudarme, se los agradecería mucho.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 are cultivated
4 +6 are planted
5 +1 is/are sown
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Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos Nov 1, 2019:
Another source Linguee offers 'to plant' as one of the translations of "sembrar":

plant v (planted, planted)
Sembré un frutal en mi jardín. I planted a fruit tree in my garden.
Muriel Vasconcellos Oct 30, 2019:
More on the subject I was surprised when I first heard gardeners using "sembrar" for shrubs and trees. Then I realized that the usage was widespread. It makes sense, in a way, because they are avoiding "plantar las plantas". In English we have no way of saying 'plant the plants' without being repetitive.
neilmac Oct 29, 2019:
PRO This is a PRO question.
neilmac Oct 29, 2019:
Agree with Muriel Many Spanish farmers tend to use "sembrado/siembra" when they mean planting rather than "sowing seed".
Muriel Vasconcellos Oct 29, 2019:
More context? It's really hard to choose an answer without knowing the surrounding context. I say 'planted' because (1) we don't know the kind of plant (it might not be a plant that's sown) or what kind of product it yields; and (2) it's a more common expression. An economist might say 'sown', but a farmer would say 'planted'.

Proposed translations

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are cultivated

Although ordinarily you'd use "sown" here, I'm not sure it works if no specific crop is mentioned. In any case, I think "sembrar" here isn't so much referring to the actual sowing, but instead to the growing of crops, or "cultivation" of the land. In Spanish, the word sembrar can mean more than precisely just sowing, for example, "la siembra" can mean both the act of sowing and the "cultivo" itself, i.e., the subsequent crop that grows from it. I live in a rural area where right now the rain-fed "siembra" has largely failed (the rains came too late).

"BETWEEN 140,000 AND 170,000 HECTARES ARE CULTIVATED, PRODUCING AROUND 1.6 MILLION TONS"
Peer comment(s):
agree franglish
1 hr
Thanks, Franglish.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Hi! Thank you for your response and explanation, it was very helpful. I was talking about habanero pepper crop. "
+1
8 mins

is/are sown

En el contexto que vos describís es mejor usar el pasivo, pero no como lo tenés en tu mensaje:

100 hectares are sown with maize
The field has been sown with wheat

En tu ejemplo: Between 140,000 and 170,000 hectares are sown...

También se podría decir "are planted"

En cuanto a la segunda parte de la frase, lo tenés bien en el segundo. "...which produce around 1.6 million tons". El primero está equivocado.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sow
Example sentence:

100 hectares are sown with maize

The farmer sows the field with wheat

Reference:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sow

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sow

Note from asker:
Muchas gracias por responderme y coregirme, me ayudó mucho.
Peer comment(s):
agree MollyRose
1 day 1 hr
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+6
49 mins

are planted

I work a lot with gardeners, and they all use the verb "sembrar" to refer to any kind of planting - even for transplanting shrubs and trees.

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Note added at 52 mins (2019-10-29 17:37:13 GMT)
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So your sentence would be:

'Between 140 and 170 are planted, yielding at least 1.6 million tons'
Note from asker:
¡Gracias por la respuesta!Me referia a sembrar chile, disculpen por no poner contexto.
Peer comment(s):
agree John Speese : En este contexto, tambien diria yo "are planted".
6 mins
Thank you, John!
agree neilmac
1 hr
Thank you, Neil!
agree Michele Fauble
1 hr
Thank you, Michele!
agree MollyRose
1 day 46 mins
Thank you, Molly!
agree Tomasso : two people seem to say are planted, farmer talk
1 day 4 hrs
Thank you, Tomasso!
agree Yvonne Gallagher
2 days 7 hrs
Thank you, Yvonne!
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