sow

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/soʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sō)

Inflections of 'sow' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
sows
v 3rd person singular
sowing
v pres p
sowed
v past
sown
v past p
sowed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
sow n (adult female pig)cerda nf
  (AmL)chancha nf
  puerca nf
  guarra nf
 The sow has just had a litter of piglets.
 La cerda tuvo una camada de cerditos.
sow [sth] vtr (spread: seeds)sembrar vtr
 Pippa sowed some carrot seeds in her garden.
 Pippa sembró algunas semillas de zanahoria en su jardín.
sow [sth] vtr (field: fill with seeds)sembrar vtr
 The farmer sowed the field with wheat.
 El granjero sembró el campo con trigo.
sow [sth] vtr figurative (implant, introduce) (figurado)sembrar vtr
  diseminar vtr
  (rumores)propagar vtr
 Oliver sowed doubt in Rachel's mind.
 The troublemakers sowed discontent among the villagers.
 Oliver sembró dudas en la mente de Rachel. // Los gamberros sembraron el descontento entre la gente del pueblo.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
reap what you sow v expr figurative (face consequences of your actions) (coloquial, figurado)recoger lo que se siembra, cosechar lo que se siembra expr
sow bug n US, regional (woodlouse) (España)cochinilla nf
 Las chumberas están plagadas de las cochinillas que se usaban para fabricar tinte.
  (Argentina)bicho bolita nm
 En mi jardín hay muchos bichos bolita.
  (España)bicho bola nm
 Mira papá, tengo un bicho bola del jardín.
sow the seed,
sow the germ
v expr
(initiate or prompt [sth])sembrar la semilla de loc verb
 She sowed the seed of doubt in his mind.
 Ese comentario sembró la semilla de la duda en su mente.
sow the seeds of [sth] v expr figurative (instigate [sth])sembrar vtr
 All the gossip sowed the seeds of discontent among the bridge club ladies.
 Los rumores sembraron la discordia entre las mujeres del club.
sow your wild oats,
sow your oats
v expr
(behaved in uncontrolled way)vivir la vida expr
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear expr (poor materials make poor products)aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona queda expr
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Collocations: an [old, fat, pregnant] sow, send the sow to the butcher, fatten the sow up (for the butcher), more...

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