planta
Spanish, noun
planta is spelled P-L-A-N-T-A (6 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,344th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of plantar. With an accent, plantá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of plantar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma de vida vegetal, generalmente con raíces que la sujetan al suelo y con clorofila. Suele aplicarse de…”.
What does planta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism)
- 2
feminineplant (factory)
- 3
femininefloor, level (of a high building)
Vivo en la primera planta
- 4
femininesole
- 5
femininesole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of plantar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forma de vida vegetal, generalmente con raíces que la sujetan al suelo y con clorofila. Suele aplicarse de preferencia a los vegetales no leñosos y de menor tamaño, si bien también aplica por extensión a cualquier árbol o arbusto. 2. Parte inferior del pie, que al caminar está en contacto con el suelo. 3. En una edificación, el conjunto de habitaciones y dependencias situadas a una misma altura del suelo. 4. El personal y dependencias de una empresa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of planta
- plantas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to planta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planta in Spanish?
planta appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).