No. 14,210 in Spanish
trepadora
A climbing plant.
In a sentence
La planta trepadora se enredaba por toda la cerca del jardín.
The climbing plant twined all over the garden fence.
Trepadora refers to a climbing plant, describing its characteristic of growing upwards by attaching to something.
La niña era una trepadora que se subía a todos los árboles del parque.
The girl was a climber who climbed all the trees in the park.
Trepadora is used metaphorically to describe someone's behavior of climbing, in this context referring to a girl's habit of climbing trees.
En el mundo laboral, él es visto como un trepador que hará cualquier cosa por avanzar.
In the workplace, he is seen as a social climber who will do anything to progress.
Trepador (male form) is used figuratively to describe someone who ambitiously and opportunistically seeks advancement in a context, such as professionally.
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