land

la tierra

aterrizar

land(lahnd)

noun

1. (geography)

a. la tierra

(F)

After two months at sea, we sighted land.

Después de dos meses en alta mar, vimos tierra.

2. (soil)

a. la tierra

(F)

This land is good for growing corn.

Esta tierra es buena para sembrar maíz.

3. (property)

a. la tierra

(F)

I want to build a house on my land.

Quiero construir una casa en mi tierra.

4. (country)

a. la tierra

(F)

Poland is the land of my ancestors.

Polonia es la tierra de mis ancestros.

b. el país

(M)

My father never returned to the land where he was born.

Mi padre nunca regresó al país donde nació.

intransitive verb

5. (aviation)

a. aterrizar

My plane landed early.

Mi avión aterrizó temprano.

6. (nautical)

a. atracar

The Vikings may have been the first Europeans to land in North America.

Los vikingos puede que hayan sido los primeros europeos en atracar en Norteamérica.

b. desembarcar

We finally landed in Melbourne after a long journey.

Por fin desembarcamos en Melbourne después de un viaje largo.

7. (to fall)

a. caer

I tripped and landed on my hands.

Tropecé y caí sobre mis manos.

8. (to be well received; often used with "with")

a. ser bien recibido

Julia's quips didn't land as well with her coworkers as she'd imagined.

Las salidas de Julia no fueron tan bien recibidas por sus colegas como se había imaginado.

b.

no direct translation

Martin's jokes didn't land with his teacher.

Las bromas de Martín no le sentaron bien al profesor.

My punch lines did not land as I'd hoped with tonight's crowd.

El público de esta noche no reaccionó como esperaba ante mis remates.

transitive verb

9. (aviation)

a. hacer aterrizar

An experienced pilot knows how to land a plane smoothly.

Un piloto con experiencia sabe cómo hacer aterrizar un avión suavemente.

10. (to catch)

a. capturar (fish)

I landed a 12-pound salmon yesterday.

Ayer capturé un gran salmón de 12 libras.

b. conseguir (job, contract)

We're celebrating because we landed the big account.

Estamos celebrando porque conseguimos la cuenta grande.

11. (transportation)

a. desembarcar (passengers)

The safest plan was to land the passengers and wait for the storm to pass.

El plan más seguro era desembarcar a los pasajeros y esperar a que pasara la tormenta.

b. descargar (cargo)

The plane arrived and landed the luggage first.

El avión llegó y descargó primero el equipaje.

12. (to end up in)

a. quedar

The thief's daring only served to land him in jail.

El atrevimiento del ladrón solo hizo que quedara preso.

13. (to strike)

a. asestar

Charlie landed a punch on the other man's nose.

Charlie le asestó un golpe en la nariz al otro hombre.

adjective

14. (relative to the land)

a. terrestre

We're researching the land animals that live in this area.

Estamos investigando los animales terrestres que habitan en esta zona.

b. de tierra

Antarctica is a huge land mass.

La Antártida es una inmensa masa de tierra.

land

Noun

1. (in general)

a. la tierra

(F)

on landen tierra

to live off the landvivir de la tierra

2. (literary)

a.

he came from a distant landvenía de una tierra lejana

he's still in the land of the livingtodavía está en el reino de los vivos

3. (military)

a.

land forcesejército de tierra

land lineteléfono m fijo

land reformreforma agraria

4. (property)

a. el tierras fpl, terrenos

(M)

get off my land!¡fuera de mi propiedad!

land registry (office)registro de la propiedad

transitive verb

5. (passengers)

a. desembarcar

6. (cargo)

a. descargar

7. (plane)

a. hacer aterrizar

8. (fish)

a. capturar

9. (colloquial)

a.

he's just landed a good jobacaba de conseguir un buen trabajo

10. (colloquial)

a.

that will land you in prisoneso hará que des con tus huesos en la cárcel

11. (colloquial)

a.

he was landed with the problemle endosaron el problema

12. (colloquial)

a. (hit)

I landed him onele di or

intransitive verb

13. (aircraft, pilot)

a. aterrizar, tomar tierra

we landed in New Yorkaterrizamos en Nueva York

14. (gymnast, somebody falling)

a. caer

15. (fig)

a.

to land on one's feetcaer de pie

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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 land ir/viajar por tierra

travel by land, sea and air was suspended for 24 hours

dry land tierra (f) firme

on dry land en tierra firme

to make land (Náut) tomar tierra

there was action at sea, on land, and in the air se combatió en mar, tierra y aire

he'll travel [over] land to Iran

to sight land 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 land tierra(s) (f)

plural

agrícola(s); (p) terreno (m) agrícola

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 land tierra(s) (f)

plural

de pastoreo; (p) tierra(s) (f)

plural

para pastos; (p)

...a small piece of grazing land

the lay or lie of the land 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 land 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 land (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 or cultivar la tierra; 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 or lay of the land

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 lands tierras (f) desérticas/ecuatoriales/templadas

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 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 estar dormido; estar roque (informal); (Esp)

fantasy native promise

intransitive verb

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 sth [+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 (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

transitive verb

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 (put, dump)

to land a blow on sb's chinland sb a blow on the chin 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 me me endilgaron or endosaron a los niños (informal)

to land sb in sth

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 fastidiar or jorobar a algn pero bien (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/sb 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 or endosaron el trabajo (informal); I got landed with him for two hours me lo endilgaron or endosaron dos horas (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 (m) (f) de fincas;a administradora

land defences (n) defensas (f) de tierra

land forces (n) fuerzas (f) de tierra

the Queen was a land girl during the 2nd World War land grant college

land management (n) administración (f) de fincas

the serious business of land management I studied land management at agricultural college land office business

land reclamation (n) reclamación (f) de tierras

land reform (n) reforma (f) agraria

land register land registry (n) (Britain) catastro (m); registro (m) catastral; registro (m) de la propiedad inmobiliaria

Land Rover ™ (n) (Aut) (vehículo (m)) todo terreno (m)

land tax (n) contribución (f) territorial

land use (n) uso (m) de la tierra

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.

note See culture box in entry prom.