tierra
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See also: Tierra
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
tierra f (plural tierras)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tierra”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Noun
tierra f (plural tierres)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tierra f (plural tierras)
- (geography) land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- (geology) earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
- Synonym: suelo
- land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
- (agriculture, also in the plural) land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
- homeland (one's country of birth)
- land, country, nation, territory (a country or region)
- (electricity) ground, earth (a connection electrically to the earth on equipment)
- Synonym: neutro
- Antonym: línea viva
- (alchemy) earth (one of the four or five classical elements)
Derived terms
- a flor de tierra
- a ras de tierra
- aterrar
- aterrizar
- besar la tierra
- carro de tierra
- chanchito de tierra
- conocer la tierra que pisa
- corrimiento de tierra
- criadilla de tierra
- cuerpo a tierra
- de la tierra
- de tierra quemada
- Día de la Tierra
- echar pie a tierra
- echar por tierra
- en tierra
- en toda tierra de garbanzos
- enterrar
- estar bien gobernada la tierra
- fanega de tierra
- gallina de la tierra
- hacer tierra
- haz de la tierra
- hiel de la tierra
- hilo de tierra
- Inglaterra
- la tierra de María Santísima
- leche de tierra
- lengua de tierra
- línea de tierra
- lobo de tierra
- lombriz de tierra
- Madre Tierra
- mal de la tierra
- montón de tierra
- mover cielo y tierra
- palmo de tierra
- pan de tierra
- partir la tierra
- pie a tierra
- pie de tierra
- polvo de tierra
- poner a tierra
- poner tierra de por medio
- poner tierra en medio
- poner tierra por medio
- por debajo de tierra
- quina de la tierra
- rodilla en tierra
- sal de la tierra
- siete estados debajo de tierra
- siete pies de tierra
- sin sentirlo la tierra
- temblor de tierra
- terracota
- terraformación
- terrícola
- terrón de tierra
- tierra a la vista
- tierra a tierra
- tierra adentro
- tierra alta
- tierra baja
- tierra batida
- tierra de batán
- tierra de brezo
- tierra de Holanda
- tierra de miga
- tierra de nadie
- tierra de pan llevar
- tierra de promisión
- tierra de Segovia
- tierra de sembradura
- tierra de Siena
- tierra de Venecia
- Tierra del Fuego
- tierra del pipiripao
- tierra firme
- tierra prometida
- tierra quemada
- Tierra Santa
- tierras altas
- tierras baldías (“badlands”)
- toma de tierra
- tomar la vuelta de tierra
- trágame tierra
- tragarse la tierra
- trucha de tierra caliente
- turma de tierra
Related terms
See also
Proper noun
tierra f
- Alternative letter-case form of Tierra (“Earth”) (our planet, third from the Sun)
Further reading
- “tierra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10