sembradura

Spanish

Etymology

From sembrar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sembɾaˈduɾa/ [sẽm.bɾaˈð̞u.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: sem‧bra‧du‧ra

Noun

sembradura f (plural sembraduras)

  1. sowing, seeding
  2. (obsolete) tillage, land which has been sown or seeded
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter I, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:
      […] y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
      […] to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillage land to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.

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