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earth
[ɜːθ]
sustantivo
1. (planet)
  • the earth -> la Tierra
  • earth mother -> madre tierra (f) , diosa (f) de la fecundidad; (in mythology) madraza (f) (sentido figurado) (woman)
  • earth sciences -> ciencias (f pl) de la Tierra
2. tierra (f) (soil)
3. toma (f) de tierra (Elec) (británico)
4. (idioms) (familiar)
  • where/why on earth …? -> ¿dónde/por qué diablos…?
  • to cost the earth -> costar un ojo de la cara
  • to promise somebody the earth -> prometer a alguien el oro y el moro
  • to come back to earth (with a bump) (sentido figurado) -> bajarse de la nube, bajar a la tierra
verbo transitivo
5. conectar a tierra (Elec) (británico)

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earth [erz]
sustantivo
1. Tierra, el globo terráqueo o terrestre.
  • The Earth -> la Tierra
  • Nothing on earth would make me do it -> no lo haría por nada del mundo
2. Coloq.) To cost the earth, costar un ojo de la cara.
  • To promise the earth -> prometer el oro y el moro
3. Tierra, porción sólida de nuestro globo.
4. (Quím.) Tierra, substancia inorgánica y fósil; óxido metálico, como alúmina. (m)
  • Fuller’s earth -> tierra de batán, greda muy fina
5. Tierra, espacio de terreno a propósito para el cultivo (land, the ground, soil). (m)
  • To bring somebody down to earth -> hacer bajar de las nubes a alguien
6. Mundo, los que habitan el globo. (m)
7. Madriguera, la cuevecilla en que habitan ciertos animales (burrow, hole). (m)
  • To go to earth -> esconderse (person) Argillaceous earth, tierra arcillosa, greda
  • Run to earth, cazado hasta la misma madriguera. Why on earth didn’t you warn me -> ¿por qué diablos o demonios no me avisaste
  • Who on earth would do that -> ¿a quién puede ocurrírsele hacer eso
(GB) (as intensifier).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Retirarse debajo de tierra. (n)
va. Enterrar, cubrir con tierra.(Elec.) Conectar a tierra.

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earth [ɜːθ]
noun
1 (the world)
(the) Earth la Tierra; here on earth en este mundo
she looks like nothing on earth está hecha un desastre
it tasted like nothing on earth (good) sabía de maravilla (informal); (bad) sabía a rayos (informal); nothing on earth would make me do it no lo haría por nada del mundo; nothing on earth will stop me now no lo dejo ahora por nada del mundo
what/where/who on earth ...? ¿qué/dónde/quién demonios or diablos ...?
what on earth are you doing here? ¿qué demonios or diablos haces aquí?
why on earth do it now? ¿por qué demonios or diablos vamos a hacerlo ahora?
to come down to earth volver a la realidad
it must have cost the earth! ¡te habrá costado un ojo de la cara!
to promise the earth prometer el oro y el moro
planet
2 (ground) tierra (f); suelo (m); (soil) tierra (f)
to fall to earth caer al suelo
3 [of fox] madriguera (f); guarida (f)
to go to earth [+fox] meterse en su madriguera; [+person] esconderse; refugiarse
to run to earth [+animal] cazar or atrapar en su guarida; [+person] perseguir y encontrar
4 (Electricity and Electronics) toma (f) de tierra; tierra (f)
verb:transitive
(Electricity and Electronics) [+apparatus] conectar a tierra;
modifier
earth cable earth lead (n) cable (m) de toma de tierra
earth mother (n) (Mit) la madre tierra; (woman) venus (f)
The beauty ideal shifted from looking like an earth mother to looking like a playgirl
earth sciences (n) ciencias concernientes a la Tierra; (geology) geología (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "earth"

Imperative
  • earth
  • you earth
  • he/she earths
  • we earth
  • you earth
  • they earth
Preterite
  • I earthed
  • you earthed
  • he/she earthed
  • we earthed
  • you earthed
  • they earthed
Present Continuous
  • I am earthing
  • you are earthing
  • he/she is earthing
  • we are earthing
  • you are earthing
  • they are earthing
Present Perfect
  • I have earthed
  • you have earthed
  • he/she has earthed
  • we have earthed
  • you have earthed
  • they have earthed
Past Continuous
  • I was earthing
  • you were earthing
  • he/she was earthing
  • we were earthing
  • you were earthing
  • they were earthing
Past Perfect
  • I had earthed
  • you had earthed
  • he/she had earthed
  • we had earthed
  • you had earthed
  • they had earthed
Future
  • I will earth
  • you will earth
  • he/she will earth
  • we will earth
  • you will earth
  • they will earth
Future Perfect
  • I will have earthed
  • you will have earthed
  • he/she will have earthed
  • we will have earthed
  • you will have earthed
  • they will have earthed
Future Continuous
  • I will be earthing
  • you will be earthing
  • he/she will be earthing
  • we will be earthing
  • you will be earthing
  • they will be earthing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been earthing
  • you have been earthing
  • he/she has been earthing
  • we have been earthing
  • you have been earthing
  • they have been earthing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been earthing
  • you will have been earthing
  • he/she will have been earthing
  • we will have been earthing
  • you will have been earthing
  • they will have been earthing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been earthing
  • you had been earthing
  • he/she had been earthing
  • we had been earthing
  • you had been earthing
  • they had been earthing
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