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weed Meaning in Spanish (weed significado en español)

nounmaleza, hierba
verbdesmalezar
Sinónimos:marihuanacáñamo
maleza in English:weed
Plural: weeds
Gender:Femenino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de weed en español es maleza, hierba, desmalezar. (Planta no deseada que crece en competencia con plantas cultivadas por recursos.)

Definitions of Weed

  1. 1
    noun
    maleza

    An unwanted plant growing in competition with cultivated plants for resources.

    Planta no deseada que crece en competencia con plantas cultivadas por recursos.

  2. 2
    verb
    desmalezar

    To remove unwanted plants from a garden or field.

    Quitar plantas no deseadas de un jardín o campo.

  3. 3
    noun(informal)
    hierba

    Cannabis, especially in the form smoked for its psychoactive effects.

    Cannabis, especialmente la forma que se fuma por sus efectos psicoactivos.

Example Sentences

casual

“The garden was overgrown with weeds after weeks of neglect.”

El jardín estaba invadido de maleza después de semanas de abandono.

casual

“We need to weed the vegetable patch before the plants get too big.”

Necesitamos desmalezar el huerto antes de que las plantas crezcan demasiado.

casual

“Some people use weed for medicinal purposes, though it's illegal in many places.”

Algunas personas usan hierba con fines medicinales, aunque es ilegal en muchos lugares.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

hierbamarihuanacáñamo

In English:

unwanted plantwild plant

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

cultivo

In English:

cropcultivated plant

Inflected Word Forms

past tenseweeded
present participleweeding
agent nounweeder

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

weed outphrasal_verb

To remove or eliminate undesirable elements from a group or collection.