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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)
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
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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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