Nouns | |||||||
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| country | la tierra - patria | ||||||
| ground (Amer.) [ELEC.] | la tierra | ||||||
| earth [ELEC.] | la tierra - local | ||||||
| earth or: Earth [ASTR.] | la tierra or: Tierra - planeta | ||||||
| soil | la tierra | ||||||
| world | la tierra | ||||||
| land - country | la tierra | ||||||
| land - surface of the earth | la tierra | ||||||
| nation - country | la tierra | ||||||
| world [ASTR.] | la Tierra - planeta | ||||||
| earth | la tierra | ||||||
| territory | la tierra | ||||||
| realm | la tierra | ||||||
| terra - land or territory | la tierra | ||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| buried adj. | bajo tierra | ||||||
| subterranean adj. | bajo tierra | ||||||
| onshore adj. | en tierra | ||||||
| ashore adv. | hacia tierra | ||||||
| overland adj. | por tierra | ||||||
| underground adj. [TECH.] | bajo tierra [Mining] | ||||||
| down-to-earth adj. | con los pies en la tierra | ||||||
| scorched-earth adj. | de tierra abrasada | ||||||
| scorched-earth adj. | de tierra quemada | ||||||
| earth-coupled adj. | acoplado(-a) a tierra | ||||||
| two-phase-to-earth adj. | bifásico(-a) a tierra | ||||||
| earthed adj. | conectado(-a) a tierra | ||||||
| earth-coloredAE / earth-colouredBE adj. | de color tierra | ||||||
| earthed adj. | con toma de tierra | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to ground | grounded, grounded | [ELEC.] | poner a tierra | ||||||
| to disembark | disembarked, disembarked | [NAUT.] | llegar (a tierra) - embarcación | ||||||
| to hit the ground [AVIAT.] | tomar tierra - avión, etc. | ||||||
| to touch down [AVIAT.] | tomar tierra - avión, etc. | ||||||
| to land | landed, landed | - arrive [NAUT.] | llegar (a tierra) - embarcación | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to move heaven and earth | mover cielo y tierra | ||||||
| Among the blind the one-eyed is king. | En tierra de ciegos, el tuerto es rey. | ||||||
| to be down to earth | ser una persona con los pies en la tierra | ||||||
| to leave sth. behind | left, left | | poner tierra de (or: por) medio a algo - situación | ||||||
| to foil | foiled, foiled | | echar por tierra algo [fig.] | ||||||
| to perish sth. | perished, perished | (Brit.) | echar por tierra algo [fig.] | ||||||
| to shoot sth. ⇔ down [coll.] | echar por tierra algo [fig.] | ||||||
| to keep one's feet on the ground | mantener los pies en la tierra [fig.] | ||||||
| to be well grounded | was, been | | mantener los pies en la tierra [fig.] | ||||||
| to keep one's feet on the ground | tener los pies en la tierra [fig.] | ||||||
| to be well grounded | was, been | | tener los pies en la tierra [fig.] | ||||||
| to tear sth. ⇔ apart | tore, torn | | echar por tierra algo [fig.] - planes, etc. | ||||||
| to tear sth. ⇔ down | echar por tierra algo [fig.] - planes, etc. | ||||||
| to wreck sth. | wrecked, wrecked | | echar por tierra algo [fig.] - planes, etc. | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| The earth is also known as the blue planet. | A la tierra se la conoce también como el planeta azul | ||||||
| This wire you see here is the earth wire. [ELEC.] | Este cable que ves aquí es la toma de tierra. | ||||||
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Related search terms | |
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| país, campo, terreno, mundo, enterrado, terrestre, tierra, enterrada, Tierra, subterránea | |
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