arar

/aˈɾaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to plough, plow

🚜🌾 arar = plough; same Latin root as English arable (land fit to plough)

From Latin arare, to plough. English arable comes from the same root: arable land is land you can plough. Spanish keeps the verb almost unchanged: arar la tierra means to plough the soil.

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