sow - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed |	sementar algo
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed |   also  [fig.]	sembrar algo   or  [fig.]
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed |	plantar algo
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed |	granear algo   - semilla
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed | [fig.]	causar algo
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed | [fig.]	ocasionar algo
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed | [fig.]	originar algo
to sow (sth.)  | sowed, sown/sowed | [fig.]	provocar algo
to sow  | sowed, sown/sowed | [AGR.]	resembrar

Nouns

sow [ZOOL.]	cerda (madre)
sow [ZOOL.]	la gorrina
sow [ZOOL.]	la puerca
sowbug   or: sow bug [ZOOL.]	la cochinilla   [Entomology]
scabby sow bug [ZOOL.]	la cochinilla   Lat.: Porcellio scaber   [Invertebrates]

Phrases / Collocations

They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.	El que/Quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades.
to sow one's wild oats [fig.]	ir de flor en flor [fig.]
to reap what one sows [fig.]	atenerse a las consecuencias
to reap what one sows [fig.]	sembrar lo que uno cosecha

Orthographically similar words

show, slow, Snow, snow, stow

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Related search terms

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