land

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la tierra

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land
[lænd]
sustantivo
1tierra (f) (in general)
  • on land -> en tierra
  • to live off the land -> vivir de la tierra
  • he came from a distant land (Literary) -> venía de una tierra lejana
  • he's still in the land of the living -> todavía está en el reino de los vivos
  • land forces (militar) -> ejército (m) de tierra
  • land line -> teléfono (m) fijo (telephone)
  • land reform -> reforma (f) agraria
2tierras (fpl) terrenos mpl (property)
  • get off my land! -> ¡fuera de mi propiedad!
  • land registry (office) -> registro (m) de la propiedad
verbo transitivo
3desembarcar (passengers); descargar (cargo)
4hacer aterrizar (plane)
5capturar (fish)
  • he's just landed a good job (familiar) -> acaba de conseguir un buen trabajo
  • that will land you in prison (familiar) -> eso hará que des con tus huesos en la cárcel
  • he was landed with the problem (familiar) -> le endosaron el problema
6(familiar) (hit)
  • I landed him one -> le di or aticé un buen tortazo (español de España)
verbo intransitivo
7aterrizar, tomar tierra (aircraft, pilot)
  • we landed in New York -> aterrizamos en Nueva York
8caer (gymnast, somebody falling)
  • to land on one's feet (sentido figurado) -> caer de pie

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land [lænd] [land]
sustantivo
1Tierra, en contraposición al agua; la porción sólida de nuestro globo.
2Terreno, sitio de nuestro globo.
3Terreno, sitio o espacio de tierra.
4Suelo, terruño; bienes raíces, hacienda.
5País, región, reino, provincia, territorio considerado como habitación del hombre; nación.
  • Native land -> patria
6Continente.
  • To travel by land -> viajar por tierra
  • To go on land -> tomar tierra, ir a tierra, desembarcar
  • Dry land -> tierra firme
  • Law of the land -> ley nacional
  • Arable land -> tierra labrantía o de labranza
  • To make (the) land -> descubrir tierra, acercar la nave a la costa
  • T -> see how the land lies, sondar el terreno
  • To know how the land lies -> (Fig.) estar al corriente de un asunto; saber a qué atenerse
  • Land-agent -> corredor de fincas rurales
  • Land-breeze -> brisa de tierra
  • Land forces -> fuerzas terrestres, tropas de tierra
  • Land-jobbing -> Especulación en la compra y venta de bienes raíces
  • Land-hunger -> codicia de poseer tierras
  • Land-office -> oficina del catastro
  • Land-poor -> a
  • Land Rover -> vehículo todo terreno (Aut.)
(country, nation). poseedor de muchas tierras que dan rentas insuficientes para pagar los gastos. Land-surveying, agrimensura.
1Desembarcar.
2Coger (un pez).
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Aterrarse, saltar en tierra, abordar. (Marina) (n)
4(Aer.) Aterrizar. (n)
  • To land on one’s feet -> caer de pie; salir adelante (Fig.)
va. Posarse (birds).

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land [lænd]
noun
1 (not sea) tierra; (f)
a stretch of sandy beach that was almost inaccessible from the land it isn't clear whether the plane went down over land or sea
land ho land ahoy! ¡tierra a la vista!
"Land, ho!" he called out, and Charlie yelled back, "Right, me hearty" another voice called, "Land Ahead! I think I can see trees"
to go/travel by landby ir/viajar por tierra
travel by land, sea and air was suspended for 24 hours
dry landdry tierra firme; (f)
on dry land en tierra firme
to make landmake (Náut) tomar tierra
there was action at sea, on land, and in the airon se combatió en mar, tierra y aire
he'll travel [over] land to Iran
to sight landsight divisar tierra
2 (Agr) (Constr) (ground) tierra; (f) tierras; (f)
160 acres of land 160 acres de tierra
the land on which this house is built It was built on land reclaimed from the sea in 1899
agricultural landagricultural tierra(s) agrícola(s); (f) (p) terreno agrícola; (m)
Bishop Muzorewa won't tolerate absentee landlords, good agricultural land lying unused a couple of acres of agricultural land agricultural land may be converted to non-farm use, but only if it is on the edge of urban or rural residential districts
grazing landgrazing tierra(s) de pastoreo; (f) (p) tierra(s) para pastos; (f) (p)
...a small piece of grazing land
the lay lie of the landlayorlie la configuración del terreno
He spent a few more minutes studying the lie of the land below him in conjunction with the map In front of him loomed a steep hill from the top of which, he told himself, he would be able to see the lie of the land all round
a piece/plot of landpieceplot un terreno; una parcela
I'm looking for a piece of land to build on she's bought a piece of land The predicted loss of 1.27 per cent of the total land to urban development meant a 10 per cent increase in the urban area outside London, and the loss of more than 34,000 hectares of rural land
the landthe (Agr) la tierra
There is no work to be had on the land. back to the land!
to live off the land vivir de la tierra; to work on the land trabajar cultivar la tierra;or the drift from the land el éxodo rural
if you get your living from working on the land... We had wanted to go back to work on the land as peasants and small farmers
to see how the land lies
get the lie lay of the landor
tantear el terreno
we'll have to see how the land lies in a few months' time
arable
3 (property) tierras; (f)
get off my land! ¡fuera de mis tierras!
his house is on his father's land his lands were poorly farmed
to own land poseer tierras
4 (Geog) (region)
desert/equatorial/temperate landsdesertequatorialtemperate tierras desérticas/ecuatoriales/templadas; (f)
Too much rain is the problem of the equatorial lands... In this zone lie the dry lands.
5 (nation, country) país; (m)
a land fit for heroes
a land of opportunity/contrasts un país de oportunidades/contrastes
the conviction that America is indeed a land of opportunity Klefonicas is a fascinating land of contrasts ...this land of free speech Her husband's body lies buried 2,000 miles away in a strange land
throughout the land en todo el país
we seem to be in fantasy land
to be in the land of the living (humorous) estar en el mundo de los vivos; estar vivito y coleando; (humorous)
if I'm still in the land of the living then... it's all right. You haven't poisoned him. He's still in the land of the living!
the land of milk and honey el paraíso terrenal
the biblical land of milk and honey he figured Mexico was the land of milk and honey for US companies Andalucia was seen as a land of milk and honey, of cool water and shady orange groves
to be in the Land of Nod (humorous) estar dormido; estar roque; (Esp) (informal)
fantasy native promise
verb:intransitive
1 (after flight) [+plane] aterrizar; (on water) amerizar; amarizar; (on moon) alunizar
the plane was coming in to land emergency crews were alerted but the plane landed safely we'll be landing at Ronaldsway Airport in approximately 45 minutes
to land on sthon [+bird, insect] posarse en algo
the Americans were the first to land on the moon los americanos fueron los primeros en llegar a la luna
Apollo landed on the Moon Discovery is due to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California tomorrow a spacecraft has today landed on Mars The American Viking craft /that landed on Mars/ reported that there was no organic material there it landed on the lake
2 (from boat) [+passenger] desembarcar
3 (after fall, jump, throw) caer
I landed awkwardly caí en una mala postura; the hat landed in my lap el sombrero me cayó en el regazo
I landed awkwardly after jumping off a wall I landed heavily and found myself flat on my back a bomb landed on the building three missiles landed harmlessly in the sea where did it land?
to land on one's back caer de espaldas
He jumped to avoid her and landed badly on the outside of his foot I fell out of a tree and landed on my back he jumped off the roof and landed on top of his wife, killing her
to land on one's feet caer de pie; salir adelante
for those people things never seem to go wrong, everything works out, they are great at problem solving, and they always land on their feet she found that the more she made her own decisions, took risks, and landed on her feet, the more her mother began to respect her while I struggle through life, my sister lands on her feet
4 (informal)(also land up) (in prison, hospital) ir a parar; (informal)in a; acabar;in en
he landed in hospital fue a parar al hospital; (informal) acabó en el hospital
bending the rules leads to many innocent people landing in prison /He landed in/ a psychiatric ward
verb:transitive
1 (disembark, unload) [+passengers] desembarcar; [+cargo] descargar
vessels will have to land their catch at designated ports los buques tendrán que descargar la pesca en los puertos designados
2 (bring down) [+plane] hacer aterrizar
3 (catch) [+fish] pescar; conseguir pescar
I landed a 10lb salmon
 [+job, contract] conseguir; [+prize] obtener
4 (informal) (put, dump)
to land a blow on sb's chinblowland sb a blow on the chinblow asestar a algn un golpe en la barbilla
Benn landed a conclusive right hand to the top of Sherry's left temple As Diana turned away he landed a glancing blow on her right cheek to land sth/sb [on] sb
they landed the children on mechildren me endilgaron endosaron a los niños;or (informal)
to land sb in sthin
his comments landed him in court sus comentarios hicieron que acabara en los tribunales; sus comentarios hicieron que fuera a parar a los tribunales; (informal) his extravagant lifestyle soon landed him in debt su estilo de vida extravagante pronto hizo que endeudase; to land sb in it (informal) fastidiar jorobar a algn pero bien;or (informal) it landed me in a mess me metió en un lío; (informal) to land sb in trouble causar problemas a algn; to land o.s. in trouble meterse en problemas
to land sb in court/prison "noise pollution" can land you in court to land sb in debt to land sb in jail prison some self-defense measures can land you in jail to reveal the truth will land her in prison You've really landed me in it! Why did you have to tell her that I was at the pub? this is not the first time his exploits have landed him in trouble he landed himself in trouble by arguing with the referee
 (encumber)
to land sb with sth/sbwith endilgar algo/a algn a algn; (informal) endosar algo/a algn a algn; (informal)
managers may be criticising you /or landing you with/ too many responsibilities we've been landed with a lot of extra work
I got landed with the job me endilgaron endosaron el trabajo;or (informal) I got landed with him for two hours me lo endilgaron endosaron dos horas;or (informal) getting overdrawn could land you with big bank charges girar al descubierto te puede ocasionar enormes intereses bancarios
that option could land him with more expense a major blunder by the surveyor could land you with a repair bill for thousands later to land o.s. [with] sth
how did you land yourself with all these debts? ¿cómo acabaste tan endeudado?; I've landed myself with a bit of a problem me he metido en un apuro
if /he's landed himself with a problem/, I'm afraid he'll just have to sort it out for himself the government have landed themselves with a massive budget deficit Lebanon's Christians /have landed themselves/ with a self-inflicted wound the Prime Minister had offended his friends in the press /and landed himself/ with some unworkable legislation
modifier
land agent (n) administradoraadministradora de fincas;a administradora (m) (f)
land defences (n) defensas de tierra; (f)
land forces (n) fuerzas de tierra; (f)
the Queen was a land girl during the 2nd World War land grant college
land management (n) administración de fincas; (f)
the serious business of land management I studied land management at agricultural college land office business
land reclamation (n) reclamación de tierras; (f)
land reform (n) reforma agraria; (f)
land register land registry (n) (Britain) catastro; (m) registro catastral; (m) registro de la propiedad inmobiliaria; (m)
Land Rover ™ (n) (Aut) (vehículo ) todo terreno; (m) (m)
land tax (n) contribución territorial; (f)
land use (n) uso de la tierra; (m)
the earliest attempts at regulating land use
Land of Hope and Glory es el título de una canción patriótica británica. Para muchos ciudadanos, sobre todo en Inglaterra, es un símbolo más del país, casi como el himno o la bandera nacional. Se suele entonar al final del congreso anual del Partido Conservador y en la última noche de los Proms, junto con otras conocidas canciones patrióticas.
Land of Hope and GloryProms
note note See culture box in entry prom.

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Verb Conjugation for "land"

Imperative
  • land
  • you land
  • he/she lands
  • we land
  • you land
  • they land
Preterite
  • I landed
  • you landed
  • he/she landed
  • we landed
  • you landed
  • they landed
Present Continuous
  • I am landing
  • you are landing
  • he/she is landing
  • we are landing
  • you are landing
  • they are landing
Present Perfect
  • I have landed
  • you have landed
  • he/she has landed
  • we have landed
  • you have landed
  • they have landed
Past Continuous
  • I was landing
  • you were landing
  • he/she was landing
  • we were landing
  • you were landing
  • they were landing
Past Perfect
  • I had landed
  • you had landed
  • he/she had landed
  • we had landed
  • you had landed
  • they had landed
Future
  • I will land
  • you will land
  • he/she will land
  • we will land
  • you will land
  • they will land
Future Perfect
  • I will have landed
  • you will have landed
  • he/she will have landed
  • we will have landed
  • you will have landed
  • they will have landed
Future Continuous
  • I will be landing
  • you will be landing
  • he/she will be landing
  • we will be landing
  • you will be landing
  • they will be landing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been landing
  • you have been landing
  • he/she has been landing
  • we have been landing
  • you have been landing
  • they have been landing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been landing
  • you will have been landing
  • he/she will have been landing
  • we will have been landing
  • you will have been landing
  • they will have been landing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been landing
  • you had been landing
  • he/she had been landing
  • we had been landing
  • you had been landing
  • they had been landing
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