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irrigate in Portuguese

irrigate in Portuguese is irrigar — irrigate means to supply land with water using channels, pipes, or sprinklers so crops can grow.

irrigate in Portuguese

irrigar
verb
(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

What does "irrigate" mean?

  1. verb To supply land with water using channels, pipes, or sprinklers so crops can grow.
    "Farmers irrigate the fields from the river during the dry season."
  2. verb (medicine) To rinse a wound or body cavity with a flow of liquid to clean it.
    "The nurse irrigated the wound with a saline solution."
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irrigate in a sentence

  • Farmers irrigate the fields from the river during the dry season.
  • The valley's crops are irrigated by an ancient canal system.
  • The nurse irrigated the wound with a saline solution.

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What is "irrigate" in Portuguese?

"irrigate" in Portuguese is irrigar. irrigate means: To supply land with water using channels, pipes, or sprinklers so crops can grow.

How do you use "irrigate" in a sentence?

Example: "Farmers irrigate the fields from the river during the dry season." In Portuguese, "irrigate" is irrigar.

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