planter

Definition: to plant; to hammer/knock/drive/stick (in)

Qui a planté tous ces arbres ? - Who planted all these trees?

Il faut planter les pieux dans la terre - You have to drive the stakes into the ground

se planter (informal) - to mess up, to crash

Je me suis planté - I messed up

Related: une plante - plant; une planteuse - potato planter; plantureux (adj) - fertile

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