La planta puede crecer con agua y sol.

In Spanish, singular countable nouns often use an article when you are talking about the thing in general or about a specific example already understood from context.

So la planta can mean:

• the plant
• sometimes more generally, a plant, depending on context

Spanish uses articles more often than English does. In a simple example sentence like this, la planta sounds natural and complete.

Planta is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes the feminine singular article la.

• la planta
• una planta

Grammatical gender is something you usually just learn with each noun. It does not necessarily mean the thing itself is biologically female.

Because the subject is singular: la planta.

• la planta puede = the plant can
• las plantas pueden = the plants can

The verb has to agree with the subject in number.

This is a very common Spanish structure:

• poder + infinitive

It works just like English can + verb.

So:

• puede = can
• crecer = grow

Together:

• puede crecer = can grow

The first verb is conjugated (puede), and the second stays in the infinitive (crecer).

After poder, Spanish uses the infinitive form of the next verb.

So:

• puede crecer = correct
• puede crece = incorrect

This is the same pattern as:

• quiero comer = I want to eat
• debo estudiar = I must study

Here con means with, but in this sentence it has the sense of with the help of or using.

So crecer con agua y sol means the plant grows with / thanks to / given water and sun.

It does not mean the plant is physically together with water and sun in the same way English with sometimes can. It is more about the conditions needed for growth.

In Spanish, when talking about substances or things in a general sense, articles are often omitted.

So:

• con agua y sol = with water and sun/sunlight

This sounds natural because you mean water and sunlight in general, not specific water or a specific sun.

If you wanted to be more specific, you could use articles:

• con el agua y el sol de esta zona = with the water and sun of this area

Here sol is best understood as sunlight or sun in the sense of exposure to the sun.

In sentences about plants, weather, and growing conditions, sol often means:

• sun
• sunshine
• sunlight

So in this context, it is not really about the star in space; it is about the light and warmth plants need.

In standard Spain Spanish, c before e or i is pronounced like the th in think.

So crecer is pronounced roughly like:

• kreh-THER

More exactly:

• cre- sounds like kreh
• -cer sounds like ther

In much of Latin America, that same c would sound more like an s, so crecer would sound like kreh-SER.

The conjunction y means and.

In modern Spanish, it is usually pronounced like a vowel sound similar to English ee:

• agua y sol ≈ AH-gwa ee sol

In fast speech, it can sound shorter and smoother, but ee is a good guide for learners.

Yes. Spanish word order is flexible, although the original sentence is the most neutral and straightforward.

You could also say:

• Con agua y sol, la planta puede crecer.

This puts more focus on the conditions. It still means the same thing.

The original:

• La planta puede crecer con agua y sol.

is the most basic and natural order for learners to start with.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who or what the subject is, or because the subject noun is already stated.

Here the subject is explicitly given:

• La planta

So adding ella would be unnecessary:

• La planta puede crecer = natural
• Ella puede crecer = possible, but only if the context already makes clear that ella refers to the plant

Spanish uses subject pronouns much less often than English.

No. Planta has several meanings in Spanish, including:

• plant (living thing)
• floor/storey of a building
• factory or industrial plant in some contexts

In this sentence, because of agua y sol, the meaning is clearly plant. Context usually makes the meaning obvious.