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La planta está seca, la quiero regar.

La planta está seca, la quiero regar.
The plant is dry, I want to water it.
From Lesson 80:Pronoun placement with infinitives·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about La planta está seca, la quiero regar.

Can I say quiero regarla instead of la quiero regar?
Yes, absolutely! When you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (like quiero + regar), you have two choices for the object pronoun (la). You can put it before the conjugated verb (la quiero regar) or attach it directly to the end of the infinitive (quiero regarla). Both mean the exact same thing.
Why do we use la to mean "it" here?
In Spanish, the word for "it" has to match the gender of the noun it replaces. Because "it" refers to la planta, which is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine direct object pronoun la. If you were talking about a masculine noun like a tree (el árbol), you would use lo instead (lo quiero regar).
Why is it está seca instead of es seca?
We use está (from estar) because the plant being dry is a physical condition or state right now. If you used es (from ser), it would imply that being dry is a permanent, built-in characteristic of the plant (like a deliberately dried flower arrangement).
I know agua is "water". Why isn't it used here?
In English, "water" can be both a noun (the liquid) and a verb (the action). In Spanish, agua is only the noun. To express the action of watering plants, you have to use a specific verb: regar.

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