terra

terra
['tɛrra]
1. sf
1)

la Terra — (pianeta) the earth, (fig : mondo) the world

sulla faccia della terra — on the face of the earth

i piaceri di questa terra — the pleasures of this world

2) (terreno, suolo) ground, (sostanza) soil, earth, (argilla) clay

la terra è bagnata — the ground's wet

la pioggia laverà via la terra — the rain will wash away the soil

per terra — (appoggiare, sedersi) on the ground, (cadere) to the ground

il tesoro è sotto terra — the treasure is buried

il fiume passa sotto terra — the stream runs underground

strada in terra battuta — dirt track

3) (distesa, campagna) land no pl

un pezzo di terra — (gen) a piece of land, (fabbricabile, per orto) a plot of land

una lingua di terra — a strip of land

le sue terre — (possedimento) his estate

4) (terraferma) land no pl

scendere a terra — to go ashore

via terra — (viaggiare) by land, overland

5) (paese, regione) land, country

in terra straniera — in foreign parts

la mia terra — my native land

è della mia terra — he is a fellow countryman

tattica della terra bruciata Mil — scorched earth policy

6) Elettr earth Brit, ground Am

mettere a terra — to earth o ground

7)

(fraseologia) avere una gomma a terra — to have a flat tyre

essere a terra — (fig : depresso) to be at rock bottom

terra terra — (fig : persona, argomento) prosaic, pedestrian

cercare qn/qc per mare e per terra — to look high and low for sb/sth

non sta né in cielo né in terra — it is quite unheard of

stare con i piedi per terra fig — to have both feet on the ground

2.

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese. 2014.

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