tierra

See also: Tierra

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

tierra f (plural tierras)

1. earth

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tierra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Noun

tierra f (plural tierres)

1. ground, floor
2. earth

Related terms

• terrenu
• terrícola

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjera/, [ˈt̪je.ra]

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Noun

tierra f (plural tierras)

1. (geography) land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

   Coordinate terms: mar, agua, cielo

2. (geology) earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)

   Synonym: suelo

3. land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
4. (agriculture, also in the plural) land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
5. homeland (one's country of birth)

   Synonyms: patria, terruño

6. land, country, nation, territory (a country or region)

   Synonyms: país, nación, región

7. (electricity) ground, earth (a connection electrically to the earth on equipment)

   Synonym: neutro

   Antonym: línea viva

8. (alchemy) earth (one of the four or five classical elements)

   Coordinate terms: agua, fuego, viento

Derived terms

• a ras de tierra
• aterrar
• aterrizar
• chanchito de tierra
• conocer la tierra que pisa
• corrimiento de tierra
• Día de la Tierra
• echar por tierra
• enterrar
• hacer tierra
• Inglaterra
• lobo de tierra
• lombriz de tierra
• Madre Tierra
• mover cielo y tierra
• poner tierra de por medio
• poner tierra en medio
• poner tierra por medio
• terracota
• terraformación
• terrícola
• tierra a la vista
• tierra alta
• tierra baja
• tierra batida
• Tierra del Fuego
• tierra de nadie
• tierra de promisión
• tierra firme
• tierras altas
• Tierra Santa
• tierras baldías (“badlands”)
• trágame tierra

 

Related terms

• terráqueo
• terraza
• terrazo
• terremoto
• terreno
• térreo
• terrero
• terrestre
• terrícola
• territorio
• terroso

 

See also

• Tierra

Proper noun

tierra f

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tierra (“Earth”) (our planet, third from the Sun)

Anagrams

• retira
• tirare
• tiraré

Further reading

• “tierra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014