ground - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Possible base forms

ground
grind (Verb)

Nouns

ground	el suelo
ground (Amer.) [ELEC.]	la tierra
ground	la causa
ground	el motivo
ground	el porqué
ground	la razón
ground	el terreno
ground   also  [CONSTR.]	el fundamento   or  [fig.]
ground (Amer.) [ELEC.]	la masa
ground	el básico
ground	el piso
ground	el solar
ground [LAW] [ADMIN.]	la causal
ground [TECH.] [ELEC.]	electrodo de tierra

Adjectives / Adverbs

ground  adj.	molido, molida
ground  adj.	picado, picada
ground  adj.	rallado, rallada   - queso, etc.
ground  adj. [TECH.]	filoso, filosa
ground  adj. [TECH.]	facetado, facetada   - p. ej.: figuras facetadas
ground-coupled  adj.	por acoplamiento a tierra
ground-fault  adj.	de fallo a tierra
ground-level  adj.   - used before noun	a ras de suelo
ground-plane  adj.   - used before noun	de plano de tierra
ground-surface  adj.   - used before noun	de superficie de suelo
lower-ground  adj.   - before noun	de piso inferior
lower-ground  adj.   - before noun	de planta inferior
at ground level	a ras del suelo
finely ground	finamente molido(-a)

Verbs

to ground so.  | grounded, grounded | [coll.]	castigar a alguien   - sin salir
to ground  | grounded, grounded | [ELEC.]	poner a tierra
to ground  | grounded, grounded | [NAUT.]	embarrancar
to ground  | grounded, grounded | [NAUT.]	enarenarse   - embarcación
to ground  | grounded, grounded | [NAUT.]	encallar   - embarcación
to ground  | grounded, grounded | [NAUT.]	varar   - embarcación
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make sharp	afilar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make sharp	aguzar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	atomizar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	pulverizar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	triturar
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	triturar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	alisar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	bruñir algo

Prepositions / Pronouns

ground

en grano   - café

Phrases / Collocations

to hit the ground running	ponerse manos a la obra
to keep one's feet on the ground	mantener los pies en la tierra [fig.]
to keep one's feet on the ground	no levantar dos pies del suelo [fig.]
to keep one's feet on the ground	tener los pies en el suelo [fig.]
to keep one's feet on the ground	tener los pies en la tierra [fig.]
to go back to the grind [coll.]	volver a ala rutina
to go back to the grind [coll.]	volver al tajo [coll.] (Span.)

Examples

The book fell to the ground.	El libro cayó al suelo.
My shoes are very dirty because I have been walking in the countryside and there was a lot of mud on the ground.	Tengo los zapatos muy sucios porque he estado paseando por el campo y había mucho barro en el suelo.
The snow covered the ground, creating a beautiful winter scene.	La nieve cubrió el suelo, creando una hermosa escena invernal.

Orthographically similar words

around, gerund, rotund, Round, round

Related search terms

base, reason, matter, terrain, strand, cause, causation, field, root