What does cultivar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word cultivar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cultivar in Spanish.

The word cultivar in Spanish means grow, raise, cultivate, cultivate, develop yourself, cultivate yourself, cultivar, farm, cultivate, grow flowers, cultivate a friendship, grow a garden, tend to a garden. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cultivar

grow, raise

verbo transitivo (plantas: plantar y cuidar) (a crop)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Su familia cultivaba patatas y las vendía en los mercados.
His family grew (or: raised) potatoes and sold them in the market.

cultivate

verbo transitivo (practicar ciencia, arte)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Desde pequeño estuvo rodeada de personas que cultivaban la música y la poesía.
From childhood I was surrounded by people who cultivated music and poetry.

cultivate

verbo transitivo (bacterias, hongos)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Cultivar bacterias es una forma de saber el efecto que tienen los medicamentos.
Cultivating bacteria is one way of finding out what effects a drug will have.

develop yourself, cultivate yourself

verbo pronominal (educarse, instruirse) (grow mentally or spiritually)

(transitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves.")
Es bueno cultivarse, leyendo todo tipo de libros y escuchando toda clase de música.
It's good to develop (or: cultivate) yourself, reading all kinds of books and listening to all types of music.

cultivar

nombre masculino (botánica: tipo de cultivo) (cultivated variety)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Antes de cubrir una zona con césped, es importante tomar en cuenta varios aspectos para seleccionar el cultivar.
Before planting a lawn, it is important to consider various aspects before selecting the cultivar.

farm

verbo transitivo (criar en piscifactoría) (animals)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
En esta granja cultivan camarones y ostiones.
In this factory farm, they farm shrimp and oysters.

cultivate

verbo transitivo (relaciones: cuidar) (care for)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La amistad también se puede y se debe cultivar.
Friendship also can and should be cultivated.

grow flowers

(plantarlas y cuidarlas)

A Mailén le gusta cultivar flores en su jardín.
Mailén likes to grow flowers in her garden.

cultivate a friendship

locución verbal (cuidar amistad)

Las dos mujeres cultivaron la amistad durante años.

grow a garden, tend to a garden

(sembrar y cuidar plantas)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los vecinos cultivaron un huerto.
The neighbors grew a garden.

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