In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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1.1Geography
tierra feminine(animal/defenses) (before noun) de tierra(defenses/animal) (before noun) terrestreland 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 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.
- Never dump oil in the water, on land or in the trash; fines can be in the thousands!
- We're amphibians, living part of our lives in the water and part on land.
- Seismic waves are detected by instruments known as geophones when used on land or hydrophones in water.
- When the Earth is viewed from space on a cloudless day, all that can be seen are the edges of land, sea and icecaps.
- After the wave comes the trough, where the sea level drops below normal and the water dumped on land pours back to the sea.
- For while adult amphibians usually live on land, their soft eggs must be laid in the water.
- When he did, he noticed that the dam was built half on land and half on water.
- There are 26,000 million insects living in every square mile of habitable land on Earth.
- A car that can drive on land, sail on water and fly through the air will be unveiled next month.
- The guns can be fired from the vehicle on land or water, or can be dismounted and used in a normal fashion.
- What allows the eel catfish to flourish there is its elongated body and ability to feed on both land and water.
- Then imagine that you and your buddy are alone, with no sight of land, nor any surface cover!
- The way solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's surface depends primarily on whether the surface is land or sea.
- If the mine came down on land instead of water, it was supposed to go off seventeen seconds later.
- It was May, and the island was a meeting place for breeding animals, both in the water and on land.
- As happy in the water as on land, this breed is a fearless swimmer, and is most useful for hunting wild fowl.
- 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.
- A fortnight ago, 800,000 square kilometres of land were under water across the region.
- Movements in water are slower than movements on land due to water resistance.
- The melting of sea ice and glaciers on land make surface waters fresher than they are now.
1.2(ground, property)
tierra femininethis 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 work on the land — trabajar la tierra
- to return to the land — volver al campo
- the exodus from the land — el éxodo rural
- Savory also noted that too much rest was as bad for the land as too much grazing.
- Raised in the rural ethos of Mayo, he grew up with an attachment to the land.
- Lumbered with crippling debt, many farmers left the land, paving the way for the corporatization of agriculture.
- The programme, Clarissa and the Countryman, paid homage to the land and its food producers.
- So did the early Indo Europeans till the land and possess wheeled vehicles?
- But should we not remember who it was who broke the land and tilled the soil?
- German Mennonites settle the area, cultivate the land and build the infrastructure.
- For millions of poor peasants, it will mean being driven off the land by cheap agricultural imports.
- Edna Beard fell in love with the countryside while working the land to feed a nation at war.
- But the growth of population was in the towns, and labourers left the land for the cities.
- In both cases, these local leaders play a key role in what happens on the land, including farm land.
- The Hebridean way of life is bound inextricably to the land.
- Dung and bedding, along with all other crop residues, are returned to the land to replenish soil nutrients.
- Those giving up farming often retain their attachment to the land by keeping their forestry as an investment.
- While Betsy and Mack spoke of working the land, Leah and Ana talked of different things.
- It's no coincidence that the majority of those born on the land in the past 20 years want nothing to do with it.
- 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.
2literary
(country, realm)país masculinenación feminine(kingdom) reino masculinethroughout the land — en todo el país (or reino etc.)- in the land of make-believe — en el mundo de la fantasía
- to be in the land of the living — estar vivito y coleando
- The first series proved unmissable with six weeks of first class original music from some of the best bands in the land.
- After establishing himself as an artist in his native land, he decided to immigrate to the United States.
- You might be under the impression that, for such a beautiful land, they've been blessed with a truly ugly language.
- The reasons for his sudden emergence as a real power in the land were essentially political.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sailors traveling to exotic foreign lands began to collect tattoos as souvenirs of their journeys.
- After all, it's America that is the young country, the republic, the land of informality and classlessness.
- Although women could work in slums or in the back country of foreign lands, national suffrage would surely permanently soil them.
- 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’.
- 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.
- 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.
- It has been the land of mighty empires, a powerful trading nation rich in culture and civilisation.
- 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.
- 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.
- During her teens, Samerjan was introduced to unusual fabrics from exotic lands by her father, a successful textile manufacturer.
- We made a lot of wonderful friends, saw some beautiful countryside in lands far away, and experienced some incredible receptions along the way.
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1.1Aviation Aerospace
(aircraft/pilot/spaceship) aterrizar(aircraft/spaceship/pilot) (on the moon) alunizar(aircraft/spaceship/pilot) (on water) acuatizar(aircraft/spaceship/pilot) (on sea) amarizar(pilot/aircraft/spaceship) (on sea) amerizar(pilot/spaceship/aircraft) (on sea) amararin a few minutes we shall be landing at … airport — en breves momentos tomaremos / tocaremos tierra en el aeropuerto de …- The crew landed the aircraft without further incident.
- The fourth time he landed the aircraft, he crashed it.
- The pilots tried to land the aircraft on a nearby clearing but could not as there were other firefighters standing on the site.
- My copilot and I knew we had plenty of power to land the aircraft with the remaining two engines.
- Although another pilot took off and landed the aircraft, Mr Henshaw flew it over the Cambridgeshire countryside using its dual controls.
- Even though you have landed the aircraft, there are a lot of things to be done before you can start patting yourself and your crew on the back.
- They'll then have their photo taken after they've landed the plane they hijacked.
- We also flew to Crete and bombed the Maleme airfield which was being used to land the German aeroplanes.
- A Skipton pilot was commended by the Royal Air Force for successfully landing a burning aircraft at Portsmouth airport.
- Mr Hughes had just landed the helicopter in a field.
- The purpose of the session was to educate ground crews on the proper procedure for landing a helicopter.
- The aircraft was immediately landed thereafter and the airframe was inspected.
- Each one was part of a lunar landing mission during which two American astronauts landed a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.
- So those who managed to eject or safely land their aircraft could live to fight another day.
- In there, you have to pay close attention to how you simulate landing a Soyuz spacecraft.
- Need to land a light aircraft in a hurry but can't find a convenient runway?
- In the early '80s, Ray Dolan landed fighter planes on aircraft carriers.
- We'll bring you the live pictures as soon as the pilot gets ready to land that aircraft.
- But a local resident has complained to the council about Mr Kearney's use of his home for taking off and landing his helicopter.
- Being able to land an airplane when the engine has quit is a skill that can save your bacon.
- With enemy cavalry approaching, LT McNamara landed his own aircraft under heavy fire.
1.2(fall)
caerit 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
- Without looking up he threw a book that landed with a thud on the table in front of Evelyn.
- And just what did the people at the next table say when a dislodged piece of fish landed among their crockery?
- A rope came snaking out over the river, landing with a splash at my feet.
- Forty-four gallon drums of chemicals shot more than a hundred metres high, landing up to 400 metres away.
- You'd need to create a diversion, by throwing a rock that lands behind them, making a noise and distracting them temporarily.
- So it should come as no surprise that, five minutes into lunch, a giant tangle of grilled onions landed right in my lap.
- I watched helplessly as a small splash of milk issued from the jug and landed in the bowl.
- A stone from the top of the wall broke free, triggering a small landslide of pebbles, and landed with a resounding splash in the stream below.
- Suddenly this giant brick landed in front of us then we turned around and there was one behind us.
- I was vigorously taking down notes when a paper ball landed next to me.
- Ice falling off the trees outside, landing on the ground with a thud that makes me jump out of my seat.
- One of the side panels fell off, landing softly on the sandy ground.
- I felt a drop of water land on the tip of my nose with a plop, mingling with the dirty sweat already on my face.
- I dropped my fork on the glass plate and it landed with a small ‘clank’.
- He then grabbed my flashlight and threw it so it landed right by my purse.
- Fortunately, at that moment a drop from a high-up stalactite landed in the waiting pool beneath, making a loud splash as it landed.
- Dara tossed her shoes on the floor and the rest of her belongings landed on the sofa.
- She flipped a pancake from the hot plate expertly and it landed neatly on her plate of four.
- Some landed in the deep fat fryer, splashing oil everywhere.
2informal
(arrive, end up)ir a parar informalit probably landed in the bin — probablemente haya ido a parar a la basura informal3
Nautical(ship) atracar(troops/traveler) desembarcar
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1.1(from sea)
(passengers/troops) desembarcar(cargo) descargar- When the operation settled down, the boats landed some excellent catches at New Plymouth.
- Over the years we have bought lobsters, prawns, crabs and scallops on the shore outside the house, direct from the boats that landed them.
- It is illegal to dump any waste material at sea and all vessels will have to log and land their waste on returning from sea.
- One boat that regularly lands the deep-sea species at Scrabster in Caithness is the Amadeus.
- Your boat will land you at the point where the river meets the sea and from then on you walk.
- Many of the boats have been landing their fish in Killybegs.
- The nuclear boat then made visits to affiliates on the islands of Islay and Jura, where some of the crew were landed to tour a few of the most famous whisky distilleries in the world.
- The work will allow boats and barges to land cargo in bad weather because the planned site is sheltered by the reef.
- Instead of the expected peaceful handover, the Captains of the ships signalled attack, landed their troops and began an all-out assault.
- The King and Queen scallops are landed by local boats which fish the Irish sea.
- Boats were refused permission by the Department to land their catches at Dingle.
- It is cheek by jowl with the small boats that land the fish, and a stone's throw from the market where it is auctioned.
- Military materiel is landed via a bow ramp and also via assault boats through the doors of the flooded well.
- Free French officers were landed by air and boat to negotiate the port's peaceful transfer, but they received a hostile response as did an advance landing party.
- The rescued mariners were landed at Culdrose, where they were checked by the medical team and given a good breakfast and a chance to rest.
- The ship's medical officer stitched a number of John's lacerations before the ship landed him at Key West the following day.
- It reminded me that Virginia used to impose a fine of 100 pounds on ship's captains landing Quakers in the colony.
- Sailors and supplies were landed during the night while heavy gunfire was concentrated on the Royalists.
- The more I think about it, the more unlikely it is that these girls are landed by boat.
- When his condition was stable, he was landed at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
1.2(from air)
(plane) hacer aterrizar(troops) desembarcar(supplies) descargar
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2.1(in fishing)
(fish) sacar del agua- There followed a long reminiscence of his lost love, and how she had landed this and that fish of blessed memory.
- Dewar won the accolade of top rod overall after clinching first place in all four sessions and Jones landed the biggest fish, a grayling of 42 cm.
- As we approached the anglers, they hooked and landed an immature striped bass.
- I look forward to meeting many of you next year and hopefully landing a few more fish!
- Grant Gibson from Newton St Boswells took the honours after landing an incredible 17 fish from the Melrose stretch.
- John McDonagh landed a 3 lb fish at Durkan's Pool and several others were hooked and lost.
- Neil Yates landed the heaviest fish of the day - an 8lb 15 oz carp.
- No salmon were reported from the river, but like the Bunowen, fish should be running here too and if more anglers were out, we should see some fish landed.
- It wasn't long before Lee landed his first pike weighing in at 9lb 11 oz and was also chuffed with himself.
- My best mate and fishing partner Simon Crow went out for a week and landed 20 fish up to 48 lb in size.
- As soon as a fish is tired and ready to be landed the guide will ask you for one so he can loop it through the gills and tie it to a convenient branch while it recovers.
- International golfer Mark O'Meara was one of those to land a summer salmon, when he hooked and landed an 11 lb fish on the 5th.
- Pat Gannon landed his first Salmon of the season, a nice 10.5 lb fish at the Gannon fishery.
- The top prize went to Christy Tobin all the way from Limerick while P.J. Brogan from Ballina landed the biggest fish of the day.
- Tipperary man Frank Acheson had an early success on Tuesday the 3rd, when he landed a 12.5lbs fish on the spinner.
- Meanwhile, I have had to stay at home and go bass fishing, trying to land all of the large bass that are currently around.
- And, if you dip a fishing rod into any one of their famous fish farms, you're likely to land a very fat salmon or char.
- This method proved a success in landing another 16 fish for Roy - an excellent day's sport.
- I tightened into a fish and soon landed a nice brown trout of about 14 inches.
- Some very good fish have been landed in the past week, with more being hooked and lost.
2.2(win, obtain)
(contract) conseguir(husband/job) conseguir(job/husband) pescar informal- The Chargers also landed wide receiver/kick returner Tim Dwight as part of their deal with the Falcons.
- Luke was a hero in his own social circles for landing such a key role in a series of movies.
- Other signings have disappointed but McCormack excelled himself in the close season by landing St George star Darren Treacy.
- In round 1, Donis landed a hard right hook that was his most significant punch of the round.
- Dermot Weld's feat in landing a second Melbourne Cup is a remarkable achievement.
- Pursing his lips, he landed a heavy right hook on the boy's jaw before he could dodge, sending his head snapping back forcefully.
- And a break of 76 in the final frame ensured that the Leeds player landed the £82, 500 first prize.
- He and many others landed jobs on in-shore mackerel boats, fishing tamer waters around the Isle of Skye and Plymouth.
- He landed a few successful blows before he was roughly pulled back by two sets of strong arms.
- Over time, he lost a split-second, just enough to make him less capable of pulling away from blows or landing one of his tremendous counterpunches that come out of nowhere.
- Raymond, enraged at being laughed at, charged forward and tried landing the first strike.
- Returning home he landed a job writing about the new music for The Spectator.
- They brawled near the ropes and Hopkins landed a sneaky left hook to Oscar's liver.
- He threw the next punch at Joey's gut, catching Joey off guard and landing another punch at Joey's face.
- It was amazing to see who landed the roles, and even more surprising who caught on with audiences.
- Magee, who entered the contest unbeaten in 22 fights, began confidently, landing the more telling blows.
- Kilmaine boxers landed three Connacht titles at the recent provincial championships in Westport.
- Down but not out, she gives as good as she gets, and manages to land a few punches before the soldier gets away.
- Then in October 2001, de Cartier landed the position of creative director at a prestigious music publishing company.
- And as we go to break, a concert scene from the movie that made Bette Midler a star and landed her first Oscar nomination.
- He blindsided the competition by landing Wolfgang Reitzle to run the Premier Auto Group.
- After that he landed a more central role in The Italian Job opposite Edward Norton, Charlize Theron and rap superstar Marky Mark.
- He maintained his ascendancy in the third round, landing a hard left hook which opened another cut, this time on Williams' right eye-lid.
- It is possible that when the fight statistics are scrutinised that Arias, the Brazilian heavyweight champion, will have a tally of punches landed in single figures.
- But Miami, as they soon will be called, landed their largest sports star since Shaq this winter.
- He has come very close to landing several other major roles recently.
- Rocky was the aggressor throughout the fight and landed all the punishing blows, but the judges announced Wallace as the winner.
- Ali got off his toes for the first time in the fight and landed his most meaningful punches.
- He didn't look like someone who had landed the plum job in Brussels.
- Tyson was bleeding from cuts over both his eyes and from his nose when Lewis landed a punch that sent him sprawling on his back in Lewis' corner.
- He parried all of the soldier's blows and then landed one of his own, on the soldier's armored stomach.
- He screamed, landing a powerful blow directly into the man's stomach.
- But the Bradford light-middle is not complaining after landing a fight on the Dale Robinson undercard in London on Friday.
- It was in 1997 that Chris won his first major prize in an open competition by landing the President's Cup and the awards have come thick and fast since then.
- The Hyde Park Hotel may have been where Marco landed his third Michelin star but Harvey's was where he made his name.
- The two fighters from the boxing crazy Eastern Cape began dishing heavy leather from the onset but Marali landed the most telling blows.
- Jimmy's making the fight but Foster's landing the more effective blows.
- Using only what God gave me, I landed my first major role in ‘Jesus, Mary and Joeseph!’
- He suddenly realized Red meant them when he landed a solid left hook to his abdomen.
- John Thaw, who died from cancer this week at the age of 60, landed his first paid role on a stall at Smithfield Market as a teenager.
- She'd landed another few blows when he caught her wrist and twisted.
2.3informal (strike home)
(punch) asestar(punch) zampar informal(punch) encajar informal(goal) colocar(goal) meter
3informal
(burden)to land sb with sth/sb, to land sth/sb on sb — endilgarle / encajarle algo/a algn a algn informal- I got landed with the bill — me hicieron cargar con el muerto
- 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
- It is like a savings scheme but it means that the owners of the properties aren't landed with a large bill.
- Craig was viciously beaten by a violent customer in January, which landed him with a fractured skull, both cheekbones broken and a scar near one eye.
- To have won a major title at the age of 17 was a remarkable feat but it landed her with a frightening burden of expectation.
- The stunt was one of 10 things Liam said he'd always wanted to do but it landed him with a life ban.
- It is an absurdly high level of fines and costs he has been landed with.
- Smith has been landed with ‘extortionate’ water bills - because travellers are taking water from his supply.
- But what has their over-investment landed them with, other than big debts?
- Good Friday became bad Friday for one group of Chessington residents when they were landed with £320 in parking fines.
- A businessman has been left in a stew after a computer glitch landed him with 250,000 tins of lentil soup.
- A week in hospital in France will land you with a bill for 2000.
- Now my stupidity had landed me with more bruises.
- Frustration at the loss of a telephone charger landed a man with a £700 bill for damage to a car.
- Dickinson left the field with a nasty head wound which could land Hagan with a hefty ban if he is found guilty.
- Surprisingly, Chris discovers her true self during the survival course but lands Charles with a black eye in the process.
- Experts landed us with a police force which is now so warped in its outlook of its responsibilities that it's no longer a force but a service.
- His tip-off to police landed Bailey with a five-year jail sentence when he appeared at York Crown Court.
- The Evening Press has learned that his history of impersonation and con tricks has landed him with prison sentences before.
- He also landed her with a bill for nearly £1, 000 after ringing chat-lines on her mobile phone.
- Inevitably this has landed Kirkland with the unwanted reputation of being injury prone.
- He has had his problems with drinking and, more importantly, getting caught, which landed him an international ban.
4informal
(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!
- But it's difficult to argue when traffic jams are landing us in a pickle every day.
- This ambivalence toward their own goals in life can land them in difficult situations.
- She does not think before she opens her mouth and lands him in even more trouble.
- She is not one to huddle up and go into a corner and that has landed her in these difficulties.
- He landed himself in hot water with the club's fans last summer during a pre-season tour when he let his frustration get the better of him and made a gesture towards the crowd.
- Hyper-sensitive, he seems continually to be examining himself and putting himself in situations which are apt to land him in trouble.
- Bowen is the latest in a line of old-style comedians to have landed themselves in hot water after using racially provocative language or jokes.
- A bloody confrontation lands Shaw in jail for over a decade and decimates his family.
- He landed himself in hot water during a recent party after jokingly asking a woman for sex.
- Federal officials cited the speech as an ‘overt act’ seeking the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, landing him in prison for three years.
- Emily Bell thinks the BBC may even have landed itself in hot water over its handling of the matter.
- It is less about the theatre production and more about the actors, their history and how it landed them in this current situation.
- Mr Brookes is well aware that his refusal to pay his income tax demand could land him in very hot water.
- This eventually leads to a complete breakdown that lands Jimmy in the hospital.
- Their actions land them in one situation after another that manages to be contrived and clichéd at the same time.
- She told the court on Tuesday he had no idea why his father had been arrested but knew the goods could land him in more trouble.
- An accident lands Maya in a coma in the hospital, and Tamar postpones her trip until her ex wakes up.
- A good right-left combination from Lewis lands Tyson in all sorts of trouble.
- You do feel sorry for him because from all accounts he is a really decent and caring bloke and not at all a big head, but keeps landing himself in hot water.
- That lands you in a really difficult scientific problem.
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