tierra

feminine noun

1. land (terrenos, continentes)

2. land (en agricultura)

3. earth (materia inorgánica); soil (para nutrir plantas)

4. ground (suelo)

5. homeland, native land (lugar de origen) (país); home o native region (región)

6. (Elec)

7. (expresiones)

8. dust (polvo) (Am)

also:

tierra [te-er'-rah]

noun

1. Earth, the solid part of our globe, land (superficie), soil, ground, mould. (f)

2. Native country. (f)

3. Earth, the terraqueous globe. (f)

4. Arable land. (f)

5. Land, country, region, a distinct part of the globe: as Tierra Santa, the Holy Land. (f)

6. Dust (polvo). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

Tierra de los duendes -> fairy-land
Tierra adentro -> (Naut.) in land
Correr hacia la tierra -> (Naut.) to stand inshore
Tomar tierra -> (Naut.) to anchor in a port
Tierra firme -> continent
Besar la tierra -> (Coll.) to fall with one’s mouth against the ground
Besar la tierra que otro pisa -> to kiss the ground another treads on (excessive respect)
Echar tierra a alguna cosa -> to bury an affair in oblivion
Echarse por tierra -> to be humiliated
Poner tierra en -> or por medio, to absent oneself

"tierra" in the Answers forum


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