🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

labrarse su propio camino

Pronunciation / Transliteration: laˈβɾarse su ˈpropi̯o kaˈmino

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Plough a furrow/plaʊ ə ˈfʌr.oʊ/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Prefirió labrarse su propio camino en lugar de seguir a los demás."

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2 senses
As verb phrase
  1. 1

    To pursue a distinct course of action, career, or line of thought, often independently or persistently.

    "She chose to plough a lonely furrow in her groundbreaking scientific research."
  2. 2

    To cut a groove or trench in the soil using a plow for agricultural planting.

    "The farmer prepared the spring fields by beginning to plough a furrow across the valley."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from agricultural practices dating back to Old English 'plōg' and Proto-Germanic roots, combined with Middle English 'furh' meaning a trench made by a plow. Over centuries, the physical act of cutting a straight groove in the earth evolved metaphorically to describe pursuing a distinct line of work, thought, or policy.

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