The tears of the past fertilize the future.
Source: tatoeba (1260066)
Fertilize
//ˈfɜː(ɹ)tɪlaɪz//
Synonyms for "fertilize" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mbars verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gübrələmək verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Bulgarian
2 entries- наторявам verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- торя verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Catalan
1 entries- fertilitzar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Czech
3 entries- hnojit verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- zúrodnit verb (to make creative or productive)
- zúrodňovat verb (to make creative or productive)
Danish
2 entries- gøde verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- gødske verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Dutch
1 entries- bemesten verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Elfdalian
3 entries- dritå verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- dyndja verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- teða verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Esperanto
1 entries- fekundigi verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Finnish
2 entries- lannoittaa verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- ravita verb (to make creative or productive)
French
1 entries- fertiliser verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Galician
1 entries- fertilizar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Georgian
4 entries- განოყიერება verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- გაპატივება verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- ნაკელშეტანა verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- სასუქის შეტანა verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
German
2 entries- befruchten verb (to make creative or productive)
- düngen verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Irish
1 entries- leasaigh verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Italian
1 entries- fertilizzare verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Latin
1 entries- fēcundō verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Occitan
1 entries- fertilizar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Polish
4 entries- nawieźć verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- nawozić verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- użyźniać verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- użyźnić verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Portuguese
2 entries- fertilizar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- fertilizar verb (to make creative or productive)
Quechua
1 entries- wanuy verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Romanian
1 entries- fertiliza verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Russian
2 entries- удо́брить verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- удобря́ть verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- feamainn verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Spanish
2 entries- abonar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
- fertilizar verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Turkish
1 entries- gübrelemek verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Ukrainian
2 entries- живити verb (to make creative or productive)
- удобрювати verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bón verb (to make fertile by adding nutrients)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This is the best time to fertilize the fields.
Source: tatoeba (2255703)
You can also fertilize orchids -- but not too much. Too much fertilizer can also kill the roots.
Source: tatoeba (9948220)
The best thing for the field is to fertilize it with organic products.
Source: tatoeba (10832566)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.