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masculine

/ateriˈθaxe/

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Translation

landing

Word origin

A modern Spanish formation from the verb aterrizar ('to land'), itself built on a- plus tierra ('earth, land'), from Latin terra. The Latin root gives English 'terrain' and 'terrestrial'.

Origin
Spanish
Root
tierra
English cognates
terrain, terrestrial

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralaterrizajes

Examples

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The plane's landing was very smooth.

retrasó .

The bad weather delayed the landing by an hour.

realizó .

The pilot made an emergency landing.

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I felt a little afraid during the landing.

histórico.

The landing on the Moon was a historic moment.

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This word is part of lesson 62.