plantear

From planta +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /planteˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: plan‧te‧ar

plantear (first-person singular present planteo, first-person singular preterite planteé, past participle planteado)

1. to bring up, to pose, to present (e.g., a problem, challenge, threat)
2. to raise, to pose, to suggest, to propose, to bring up, to formulate (e.g., a question, a solution, an idea)
3. to consider
4. (pronominal) to arise, to come up
5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to show off; to sport (something)

   Él plantea sus nuevos zapatos.

   He shows off his new shoes.

   Le gusta plantear cuando sale a la calle.

   He likes to show off when he goes outside in the streets.

• “plantear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “plantear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010