pruning in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pruning in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pruning [Am ˈprunɪŋ, Brit ˈpruːnɪŋ] N U or C

1. pruning (trimming plants):

pruning

poda f

2. pruning (reduction):

pruning

reducción f

pruning

recorte m

pruning knife N

pruning knife

podadera f

pruning shears N npl

pruning shears

tijeras fpl de podar

prune¹ [Am prun, Brit pruːn] N

1. prune FOOD:

prune

ciruela f pasa

prune

ciruela f seca CSur

as wrinkled as a prune

como una pasa or pasita

2. prune (fool) Brit:

prune inf

tonto m / tonta f

prune² VB trans

1. prune rose/hedge/tree:

prune

podar

2. prune:

prune essay/article

pulir y acortar

prune costs/workforce

reducir

prune costs/workforce

recortar

Translations for pruning in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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poda

pruning

poda

pruning season

podadera (tijeras)

pruning shears

ciruela pasa

prune

podar

to prune

mondar

to prune

pruning in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pruning in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pruning N

pruning

poda f

pruning hook N

pruning hook

podadera f

pruning shears N

pruning shears pl Am BOT:

pruning shears

tijeras f pl de podar

pruning saw N

pruning saw

serrucho m de podar

prune¹ [pru:n] VB trans

prune

podar

to prune (back) costs

reducir gastos

prune² [pru:n] N (dried plum)

prune

ciruela f pasa

prune N

User Entry

prune (person)

mentecato(-a) mf

Translations for pruning in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

podadera

pruning shears pl

ciruela pasa

prune

podar

to prune

pruning Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to prune (back) costs

reducir gastos

to be as shrivelled [or shriveled Am] as a prune

estar hecho una pasa inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A more compact form can be obtained by pruning the top quarter each year.

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It is a sprawling and untidy shrub, but its habit can be improved by pruning.

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It's death, in his representation of skeleton pruning.

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Studies have shown that wound dressing must be applied immediately after damage or pruning.

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Trees can grow up to 30 feet tall but are often kept well under this height by regular pruning.

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Pruning and redrafting would have improved the book for a wider audience.

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Pruning stems to just above ground level can rejuvenate the plant.

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Growers working with the variety will often keep the vine in check with winter pruning and short cordons.

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It also employed usual algorithms as found in computer chess systems: alpha-beta pruning with move ordering, transposition tables, etc.

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Pruning promotes branching, which leads to more flower spikes being produced.

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