Meanings (ES + gloss)
plano
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.
plan • proyecto
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit of control.
Life is what happens to you / While you're busy making other plans
plano
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways not apparent to visitors.
Phrases
American planCadillac planChequers planEuropean planFugu PlanKeogh planMarshall PlanMississippi planNew Jersey PlanPlan of Campaignaccording to planaction planattack planband planbattleplanbayplanbirth planbody planbusiness plancafeteria plancampaign plancity plancontingency plancounterplandevelopment plandividend reinvestment planescalation planflatplanflight planfloor planfloor plan lendingforeplangame plango to plangrid planground planground-plangroundplaninstallment planlesson plan
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
planear
To create a plan for.
They jointly planned the project in phases, with good detail for the first month.
pensar • planear • pretender
To intend.
He planned to go, but work intervened.
It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
Phrases