Translation of land in Spanish:

land

tierra, n.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Pronunciation: /lænd//land/

noun

1
- You might be under the impression that, for such a beautiful land, they've been blessed with a truly ugly language.
- The first series proved unmissable with six weeks of first class original music from some of the best bands in the land.
- Every time one sells or buys a product made from the abuse of others in the so-called Third World nations or their lands makes them guilty of immoral gains.
- Philip Gailey ends his article with a wish for a country he regards as ‘one of the most beautiful and hospitable lands on the planet’.
- After all, it's America that is the young country, the republic, the land of informality and classlessness.
- They are fleeing from the dire economic and social circumstances in their own lands to countries that offer them a better future.
- Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help.
- It has been the land of mighty empires, a powerful trading nation rich in culture and civilisation.
- Sailors traveling to exotic foreign lands began to collect tattoos as souvenirs of their journeys.
- To understand this answer we must study the philosophy of the history of the world, especially in reference to political geography - the various lands and countries.
- The reasons for his sudden emergence as a real power in the land were essentially political.
- Although women could work in slums or in the back country of foreign lands, national suffrage would surely permanently soil them.
- After establishing himself as an artist in his native land, he decided to immigrate to the United States.
- During her teens, Samerjan was introduced to unusual fabrics from exotic lands by her father, a successful textile manufacturer.
- Publishers would have to take account of the law of every land on Earth.
- As he travelled across the land evangelizing at revival meetings he took the lads with him.
- You won't find a better dance ensemble this side of that imaginary line that separates the US from the wild and beautiful lands and music to its south.
- We made a lot of wonderful friends, saw some beautiful countryside in lands far away, and experienced some incredible receptions along the way.
- To think of the dads, grandads and brothers who fought in the war to protect our land from Nazis to then see them emerging behind a political party.
- Naturally air conditioned by windtowers which catch the breezes then funnel them below, the Souk is a great marketplace in which to examine products from countless lands.
- 1.1Geography
  tierra feminine
  (defenses/animal) (before noun) de tierra
  (animal/defenses) (before noun) terrestre
  land reclaimed from the sea — tierra ganada al mar
  over land and sea — por tierra y por mar
  we sighted land — divisamos / avistamos tierra
  on dry land — en tierra firme
  land ho! — ¡tierra a la vista!
  to know the lie / lay of the land — saber qué terreno se pisa
  to see how the land lies — (test reaction) tantear el terreno
  to spy out the land — reconocer el terreno
  land forces — fuerzas terrestres / de tierra
  land reclamation — reclamación de tierras
  The ecosystem, both on land and in the water, depends heavily upon the activity of bacteria.
  Then imagine that you and your buddy are alone, with no sight of land, nor any surface cover!
  What allows the eel catfish to flourish there is its elongated body and ability to feed on both land and water.
  A fortnight ago, 800,000 square kilometres of land were under water across the region.
  The way solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface depends primarily on whether the surface is land or sea.
  Movements in water are slower than movements on land due to water resistance.
  For while adult amphibians usually live on land, their soft eggs must be laid in the water.
  A car that can drive on land, sail on water and fly through the air will be unveiled next month.
  The melting of sea ice and glaciers on land make surface waters fresher than they are now.
  When the Earth is viewed from space on a cloudless day, all that can be seen are the edges of land, sea and icecaps.
  When he did, he noticed that the dam was built half on land and half on water.
  As happy in the water as on land, this breed is a fearless swimmer, and is most useful for hunting wild fowl.
  After the wave comes the trough, where the sea level drops below normal and the water dumped on land pours back to the sea.
  It was May, and the island was a meeting place for breeding animals, both in the water and on land.
  Seismic waves are detected by instruments known as geophones when used on land or hydrophones in water.
  We're amphibians, living part of our lives in the water and part on land.
  Never dump oil in the water, on land or in the trash; fines can be in the thousands!
  The guns can be fired from the vehicle on land or water, or can be dismounted and used in a normal fashion.
  Equally at home in water or on land, the Newfoundland was large enough to pull in a drowning man or to break the ice to retrieve him.
  If the mine came down on land instead of water, it was supposed to go off seventeen seconds later.
  There are 26,000 million insects living in every square mile of habitable land on Earth.
- 1.2(ground, property)
  tierra feminine
  this is my land — esta es mi propiedad
  a plot of land — un terreno
  land management — administración de fincas
  land use — uso de la tierra
- 1.3
  the land — la tierra
  to live off/work on the land — vivir de/trabajar la tierra
  to return to the land — volver al campo
  the exodus from the land — el éxodo rural
  Raised in the rural ethos of Mayo, he grew up with an attachment to the land.
  For millions of poor peasants, it will mean being driven off the land by cheap agricultural imports.
  German Mennonites settle the area, cultivate the land and build the infrastructure.
  It's no coincidence that the majority of those born on the land in the past 20 years want nothing to do with it.
  Dung and bedding, along with all other crop residues, are returned to the land to replenish soil nutrients.
  In both cases, these local leaders play a key role in what happens on the land, including farm land.
  But should we not remember who it was who broke the land and tilled the soil?
  The programme, Clarissa and the Countryman, paid homage to the land and its food producers.
  While Betsy and Mack spoke of working the land, Leah and Ana talked of different things.
  So did the early Indo Europeans till the land and possess wheeled vehicles?
  The Hebridean way of life is bound inextricably to the land.
  She is a country person who believes in using the products of the land.
  As southern cotton growers reduced production in return for federal payments, tenant farmers were driven from the land.
  Those giving up farming often retain their attachment to the land by keeping their forestry as an investment.
  But the growth of population was in the towns, and labourers left the land for the cities.
  Lumbered with crippling debt, many farmers left the land, paving the way for the corporatization of agriculture.
  Edna Beard fell in love with the countryside while working the land to feed a nation at war.
  Savory also noted that too much rest was as bad for the land as too much grazing.
2literary
(country, realm)
país masculine
nación feminine
(kingdom) reino masculine
throughout the land — en todo el país (/ reino etc. )
- in the land of make-believe — en el mundo de la fantasía
- the land of milk and honey — el paraíso terrenal
- to be in the land of Nod — estar haciendo nana
- to be in the land of the living — estar vivito y coleando

intransitive verb

1
Aerospace Aviation
(aircraft/pilot/spaceship) aterrizar
(on the moon) alunizar
(on water) acuatizar
(on sea) amarizar
(on sea) amerizar
(on sea) amarar
in a few minutes we shall be landing at … airport — en breves momentos tomaremos / tocaremos tierra en el aeropuerto de …
2
(fall)
caer
it landed on its side — cayó de lado
- the ball landed in the pond — la pelota cayó en el estanque
- to land badly/heavily — caer mal/pesadamente
- I didn't mean to land on you like this — no quería caerte así, de paracaidista
3informal
(arrive, end up)
ir a parar informal
it probably landed in the bin — probablemente haya ido a parar a la basura
4
Nautical
(ship) atracar
(troops/traveler) desembarcar

transitive verb

1
(from sea)
(troops/passengers) desembarcar
(cargo) descargar
2
(from air)
(plane) hacer aterrizar
(troops) desembarcar
(supplies) descargar
3
(in fishing)
(fish) sacar del agua
4
(win, obtain)
(contract) conseguir
(husband/job) conseguir
(husband/job) pescar informal
5informal
(strike home)
(punch) asestar
(punch) zampar informal
(punch) encajar informal
(goal) colocar
(goal) meter
6informal
(burden)
to land sb with sth/sb, to land sth/sb on sb — endilgarle / encajarle algo/a algn a algn
- I got landed with the bill — me endilgaron / me encajaron la cuenta
- he got landed with the kids — le endilgaron / le encajaron a los niños
- I have landed myself with a lot of problems — me he metido en un montón de problemas
- he's been landed on us for the weekend — nos lo han endilgado / encajado a nosotros para el fin de semana
7informal
(cause to end up)
to land sb in sth
- that venture finally landed her in prison — con aquel negocio fue a parar a la cárcel
- to land sb/oneself in trouble/a mess — meter a algn/meterse en problemas/en un lío
- he is sure to land himself in debt — seguro que termina endeudado
- now you've landed me in it! — ¡ahora sí que me has metido en una buena!