plantación

/plantaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

plantation

🌴🌱 plantación = plant + -ación (the act or place of planting): rows of crops

Plantación comes from Latin plantatio, from plantare, to plant. The suffix -ación marks an action or its result, so a plantación is a place where things are planted on a large scale. English plantation is a direct cousin.

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