tierra
tierra
feminine noun
1. land (terrenos, continentes)
- en tierras mexicanas/del rey -> on Mexican soil/the King's land
- por estas tierras -> round these parts, down this way
- tierra adentro -> inland
- tierra firme -> dry land (por oposición al mar)
- tierra de nadie -> no-man's-land
- tierra prometida -> Promised Land
- tierra del Fuego -> Tierra del Fuego
- tierra Santa -> the Holy Land
- tierra virgen -> virgin land
2. land (en agricultura)
- cultivar la tierra -> to farm the land
3. earth (materia inorgánica); soil (para nutrir plantas)
- se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos -> I've got some earth in my shoes
- un camino de tierra -> a dirt track
- tierra batida -> clay (en tenis)
4. ground (suelo)
- bajo tierra -> underground
- caer a tierra -> to fall to the ground
- tomar tierra -> to land
5. homeland, native land (lugar de origen) (país); home o native region (región)
- vino/queso de la tierra -> local wine/cheese
- tierra natal -> homeland, native land
7. (expresiones)
- besar la tierra -> to fall flat on one's face
- echar por tierra algo -> to ruin something
- echar tierra a un asunto -> to hush up an affair
- poner tierra por medio -> to make oneself scarce
- quedarse en tierra -> to miss the boat/train/plane/etc
- ¡tierra, trágame! (informal) -> I wish the earth would swallow me up!
also:
- la tierra -> the Earth (planeta)
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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
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