Usage Note
Trasplante covers both organ transplants (trasplante de riñón — kidney transplant) and botanical transplanting (trasplante de plantas — repotting). The related verb is trasplantar. Spain leads Europe in organ donation rates, so the word appears frequently in Spanish news media.
Examples
"El paciente necesita un trasplante de corazón urgente."
Natural Translation
The patient urgently needs a heart transplant.
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