/ateriˈθaɾ/
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Translation
to land
Word origin
From a- plus tierra ('earth, ground'), from Latin terra, coined to mean bringing an aircraft down to the ground.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- terra
- English cognates
- terrain, terrestrial, territory
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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The plane is going to land in ten minutes.
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The pilot managed to land despite the storm.
Madrid .
We landed in Madrid at eight in the morning.
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What time does your flight land?
helicóptero tejado .
The helicopter landed on the roof of the hospital.
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