tierra
/ˈtjera/, [ˈt̪je.ra]earth, land
Noun tierra f (plural tierras)
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(geography) land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
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(geology) earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
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land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
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(agriculture, also in the plural) land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
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homeland (one's country of birth)
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land, country, nation, territory (a country or region)
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(electricity) ground, earth (a connection electrically to the earth on equipment)
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(alchemy) earth (one of the four or five classical elements)
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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Él posee esta tierra.
He owns this land.
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Antiguamente se creía que la tierra era plana.
People once held that the world was flat.
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Él ni siquiera ha puesto un pie en tierra extranjera.
He has never even set foot on foreign soil.
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La tierra puede satisfacer nuestras necesidades, pero no nuestra avaricia.
The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
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No heredamos la tierra de nuestros antepasados, la tomamos prestada de nuestros hijos.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
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Hemos revuelto cielo y tierra por ese libro.
We've searched high and low for this book.
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La tierra es demasiado pequeña.
The Earth is too small.
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La Tierra está cubierta de bosques.
The earth is covered with forests.
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La tierra nunca había sido arada.
The land had never been ploughed.
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En el principio Dios creó los cielos y la tierra.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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