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plantado

planted

adjective plahn-TAH-doh Rare

Also means

stood up (left waiting)

Usage Note

Plantado is the past participle of plantar used as an adjective. Its most colloquial use is in dejar plantado (to stand someone up or abandon them abruptly) — me dejó plantado en el restaurante (he stood me up at the restaurant). It also literally means planted in the ground or firmly positioned, but the idiom is far more common in everyday speech.

Examples

"Me dejó plantada delante de todo el mundo."

Natural Translation

He stood me up in front of everyone.

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