piantare

From Latin plantāre. By surface analysis, pianta (“plant”) +‎ -are. Compare Sicilian chiantari.

• IPA^(key): /pjanˈta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: pian‧tà‧re

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piantàre (first-person singular present piànto, first-person singular past historic piantài, past participle piantàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

1. to plant; to sow

   Synonyms: interrare, coltivare, seminare, ripiantare

2. to hammer; to drive; to stick into

   Synonyms: conficcare, ficcare, affondare, configgere, infiggere, fissare, inserire

3. to abandon; to maroon

   Synonyms: lasciare, abbandonare

4. (by extension) to jilt; to throw over
   • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 174:

     Sperai perfino, per un po’, che mi piantasse, ma non lo fece poiché anche lei mi amava.

     I even hoped for a while that she’d throw me over, but she didn’t, because she was in love with me too.

     (literally, “I even hoped, for a little bit, that she would throw me over, but she didn't do it because she also loved me.”)

• arpinate, patarine, patinare, patinerà, pianterà, rapinate

piantare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of piantar