Meaning
to plant; to sow
- to hammer; to drive; to stick into
- to abandon; to maroon
- to jilt; to throw over
In a sentence
Abbiamo piantato pomodori e basilico sul balcone.
We planted tomatoes and basil on the balcony.
Perché mi hai piantato da solo al bar?
Why did you leave me alone at the bar?
Non piantare il chiodo troppo vicino alla porta.
Don't drive the nail too close to the door.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| piantare | infinitive |
| piantiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pianto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| piantate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pianti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| piantano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pianta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| piantavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| piantavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| piantavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| piantavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| piantavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| piantava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| piantammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| piantai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| piantaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| piantasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| piantarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| piantò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pianteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pianterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pianterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pianterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pianteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pianterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| piantiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pianti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| piantiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pianti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| piantino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pianti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| piantassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| piantassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| piantaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| piantassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| piantassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| piantasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pianteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pianterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| piantereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pianteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pianterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pianterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| piantiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| piantate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pianta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| piantando | gerund |
| piantato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For crops or seeds, piantare is normal; seminare is more specific for sowing seeds over an area.
- For leaving someone, piantare is colloquial and blunt. In formal contexts, prefer lasciare or abbandonare depending on tone.
- As a transitive verb, it usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho piantato un albero, mi ha piantato.