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, “[[:s:es:Don Quijote, Primera Parte: Capítulo I

|Capítulo I]]

”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

[…] 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.

Further reading

• “sembradura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28