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φυτεύω

φυτεύω

Greek

Verb

φυτεύω (fytévo) (simple past φύτεψα, passive form φυτεύομαι)

  1. (horticulture) plant (place growing thing in soil)
    Ήταν έξω στον κήπο της και φύτευε τριαντάφυλλα.Ítan éxo ston kípo tis kai fýteve triantáfylla. ― She was out planting roses in her garden.
    Είχα φυτέψει μια καρδιά στου χωρισμού την αμμουδιά.Eícha fytépsei mia kardiá stou chorismoú tin ammoudiá. ― I had planted a heart on the beach of separation. (1959 song by Mikis Theodorakis)
  2. (colloquial, transitive) plant, shove, put (especially in the context of injuring someone)
    Του φύτεψε μια σφαίρα στο κεφάλι.Tou fýtepse mia sfaíra sto kefáli. ― He put a bullet in his head.
  3. (colloquial, humorous, pejorative) plant (bury someone's coffin in the ground)
    Την φυτέψανε χθες το απόγευμα.Tin fytépsane chthes to apógevma. ― They planted her (buried her) yesterday afternoon.

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