Tierra in english
pronunciation: lænd part of speech: noun
tierra, la1 = earth, the ; globe, the.
Example: A large proportion of the earth's population has not yet recognized the enormous advantages that would accrue if only everybody spoke English.Example: South Asia must make efforts to reach other parts of the globe in order to make the information age truly viable.more:
» al menos en + Posesivo + tierra = in + Posesivo + part of the world (at least) .
Example: Letters of resignation are just a formality, and not even required in many companies (in my part of the world at least).» borrar de la faz de la tierra = wipe off + the face of the earth .
Example: At the scene of the impact one local resident said that if the whole meteorite had hit Bourges, the town might have been wiped off the face of the earth.» calentamiento de la Tierra = global warming .
Example: Earth Sciences experts are trying to convince world decision makers of the dangers of climate changes such as global warming.» cielo en la tierra, el = heaven on earth .
Example: Eden was supposed to be like heaven on earth, and Adam and Eve and their descendants were meant to live forever.» ciencias de la tierra = geosciences .
Example: The National Archives must cooperate with agencies involved in federal geoscience to communicate clear records disposition instructions to present-day federal geoscientists.» ciencias de la tierra, las = earth sciences, the [Cualquiera de las ciencias que estudia la Tierra como geografía, geología, meteorología, oceanografía, etc] .
Example: The advent of inexpensive production of CD-ROM and floppy discs has led to the availability of numerous bibliographic, numerical and image databases for the earth sciences.» científico de las ciencias de la tierra = geoscientist .
Example: The National Archives must cooperate with agencies involved in federal geoscience to communicate clear records disposition instructions to present-day federal geoscientists.» corrimiento de tierra = landslide ; landslip .
Example: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books. Example: The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.» desaparecer de la faz de la tierra = vanish from + the face of the earth ; disappear from/off + the face of the earth ; drop off + the face of the earth .
Example: The plot is about a scientist who wakes up one morning to find that everyone except him seems to have vanished from the face of the earth. Example: Religion has never disappeared from the face of the earth, no matter how we dislike, it is here to stay. Example: You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.» desprendimiento de tierra = landslide ; landslip .
Example: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books. Example: The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.» Día de la Tierra = Earth Day .
Example: Library promotion of Earth Day brought environmental issues to public attention by means of book displays, lectures, films and tree planting.» enfriamiento de la Tierra = global cooling .
Example: Those who pay attention to history are sharply aware of the link between historic famines, global cooling, vulcanism, and earthquakes.» especialista en ciencias de la tierra = earth scientist .
Example: This may be because the 'revolution' has continued earth scientists to think that present-day lateral crustal motions have been dominant throughout earth history.» madre tierra, la = Mother Earth .
Example: Mother Earth is the source of knowledge and wisdom.» mover cielo y tierra = move + heaven and earth .
Example: I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.» parecido a la tierra = Earth-like .
Example: The nearest Earth-like planet is probably 13 light-years away; astronomically speaking, that's just a stroll across the park.» planeta Tierra, el = Planet Earth .
Example: During Jesus' ministry on Planet Earth, one of the miracles that authenticated him as the true Messiah was the raising of the dead.» recorrer cielo y tierra = travel + far and wide .
Example: But some folks will still travel far and wide to pick up that perfect pet.» remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra = hunt + high and low ; look + high and low ; leave + no stone unturned ; move + heaven and earth ; search + high and low ; search + high and wide .
Example: They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail. Example: They went backstage and looked high and low for Andre, but he was gone. Example: In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned. Example: I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here. Example: After searching high and low I found a company with one of the cheapest prices. Example: I've been searching high and wide for this without any luck.» sobre la faz de la tierra = on the surface of the earth ; on the surface of the earth .
Example: It is well known that corruption is systemic in Nigeria and that Nigeria is one of the most stinkingly corrupt countries on the surface of the earth. Example: It is well known that corruption is systemic in Nigeria and that Nigeria is one of the most stinkingly corrupt countries on the surface of the earth.» sobre la tierra = on earth ; on the face of the earth ; on the ground .
Example: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Example: E-mail is without question the most powerful method of distributing information on the face of the earth. Example: But bats also appeared to capture insects near and possibly on the ground and near or in vegetation, flew low over water to drink, and pursued each other in aerial dogfights.» temblor de tierra = quake ; earth tremor ; earthquake tremor ; shake of earthquake .
Example: The campus was hard hit by the quake and declared unsafe, one week before the spring semester was due to begin. Example: The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day. Example: In addition, the witnesses testified that the detonations 'really rocked' the house and 'felt like an earthquake tremor, or an earthquake'. Example: Last evening a distinct shake of earthquake was felt in Nelson, it was just sufficient to set pendent objects swinging, but was not a very vigorous shake.» tragar + la tierra = crawl under + Posesivo + bed [Generalmente para indicar que a uno le da vergüenza de lo ha hecho] .
Example: Whether that excites you and causes you to jump up and down with joy or makes you want to crawl under your bed, sob for a little bit, and then buy the first ticket out of here to Canada.» tragarse a Alguien la tierra = disappear into + the blue ; vanish into + the blue ; vanish from + the face of the earth ; disappear from/off + the face of the earth ; drop off + the face of the earth .
Example: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all. Example: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue. Example: The plot is about a scientist who wakes up one morning to find that everyone except him seems to have vanished from the face of the earth. Example: Religion has never disappeared from the face of the earth, no matter how we dislike, it is here to stay. Example: You can't choose your family, but you can give them the stink eye and wish they dropped off the face of the earth.tierra2 = land ; ground ; soil ; earth ; dry land [dryland].
Example: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.Example: A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.Example: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.Example: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.Example: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.more:
» alcanzar tierra firme = come + ashore ; go + ashore .
Example: Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska. Example: He disguised himself as a girl to go ashore so no one would suspect his true identity.» apropiarse tierras = appropriate + land .
Example: This failure was to be expected, for Petrodar had not changed the old habits of appropriating land without paying compensation during the war years.» aprovechamiento de la tierra = land use .
Example: Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.» arar la tierra = till + the land .
Example: Is it possible to produce food grains and vegetables by just spreading seeds without tilling the land and sowing the seeds in a cultivated land?.» asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading .
Example: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.» bajo tierra = underground ; below surface .
Example: An underground stack, to hold 1,250,000 books and the cataloguing services, was constructed under the inner courtyard of the main university building, to which the stack is linked by a tunnel. Example: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.» buena tierra = good soil .
Example: A good soil is one that is high in organic matter.» camino de tierra = dirt track ; dirt road ; dirt trail .
Example: The article is entitled 'Information highway or dirt track: challenges in delivery of electronic information products to isolated clients' = El artículo se titula "Autopista de la información o camino de tierra: retos en la distribución de productos de información electrónica a usuarios en zonas aisladas". Example: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros. Example: The badly decomposed body of a 27-year- old women was discovered by a man driving an all-terrain on a dirt trail in the desert.» campo de fútbol de tierra = dirt football pitch .
Example: Dirt football pitches proliferate in lower-class areas.» campo de juego de tierra = dirt pitch .
Example: In Africa one can see balls made out of condensed plastic bags tied together with string and a game played on a dirt pitch with goal posts made from sticks.» campo de tierra = dirt pitch ; dirt field .
Example: In Africa one can see balls made out of condensed plastic bags tied together with string and a game played on a dirt pitch with goal posts made from sticks. Example: Matches between pugilists were settled in front of a roaring crowd in dirt fields and John L. Sullivan was often the one causing the roar.» con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored .
Example: The writer portrays it as colorful town of peasants, mangoes, papayas, yams, donkeys, dirt-floored cottages, and the market place.» confinado a la tierra = land-bound [landbound] .
Example: Ultimately, this film is just a land-bound rerun of Jaws, down to the sacrifice of the grizzled, expert hunter so the younger, more clean-cut, family man can face his own fears and prove his prowess.» confiscación de tierras = land seizure .
Example: He said his organization tried to assist with the land seizures but that disunity among the villagers halted the effort.» con los pies sobre la tierra = down-to-earth .
Example: The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.» con raíces en la tierra = be rooted in + earth .
Example: She was tall, portly while she was gangly, supportive while she tended to be domineering, sober while she loved her drink, and rooted in the earth while she often had her head in the clouds.» contaminación de la tierra = soil pollution .
Example: Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.» contaminar la tierra = pollute + the soil .
Example: Fresh water is an increasingly scarce resource and pesticides pollute the soil, contaminate groundwater and contribute to ocean acidification.» corrimiento de tierra = landslide ; landslip .
Example: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books. Example: The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.» cultivar la tierra = farm + the land ; grow + crops ; cultivate + the land .
Example: They have been farming this land since time out of mind. Example: Even in mathematics the examples are all practical, rooted in the garden behind the school where the children grow crops. Example: Some time later Mr. Richards expressed an interest in cultivating the land but stated he did not have the requisite finance.» dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow .
Example: Letting farmland lie fallow is the right thing to do, but some farmers can not afford to do it regardless of the beneficial impact on the land.» de la tierra = locally produced .
Example: Buying locally produced food eliminates the need for all that fuel-guzzling transportation.» desaparecer como si (se) + Pronombre + hubiera/hubiese tragado la tierra = melt into + thin air ; evaporate into + thin air ; disappear into + thin air ; vanish into + thin air .
Example: Austrian police are looking for 18 tons of chocolate stolen from an Austrian factory by a driver who melted into thin air. Example: Their debates have operated with a more fluid notion of power, which at times has become so fluid as to evaporate into thin air. Example: Another trick makes an enormous elephant seem to disappeared into thin air. Example: The Soviet Union's cultural presence in Prague, Budapest, and Warsaw vanished into thin air the moment the last Russian soldier departed.» desaprovechamiento de la tierra = land misuse .
Example: Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endangered species.» desprendimiento de tierra = landslide ; landslip .
Example: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books. Example: The victims included men, women and children and they were either washed away in floods or buried in landslips.» de tierra = onshore [Adjetivo. Utilizado como opuesto al mar] ; earthen .
Example: Terminological consistency is a must for achieving satisfactory information flow onboard an oil platform, and between offshore field centres and onshore administration. Example: Large volumes of water can be stored up for irrigation by erecting an earthen or masonry dam across the lower part of the vally of a river or stream.» de tierras lejanas = from distant shores .
Example: It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.» dos metros bajo tierra = six feet under .
Example: You may hear once in a while where someone had a close encounter with death, but they never made it six feet under -- death is something we can escape easily.» echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart .
Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.» echar por tierra = scupper ; blight ; cast + a blight on ; blow + Nombre + out of the water ; blow + Nombre + sky high ; scuttle ; torpedo ; knock + the bottom out of ; put + the skids under ; scotch .
Example: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it. Example: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis. Example: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature. Example: Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water. Example: This is all that can be done at this point to prevent the current violence from blowing sky-high, destabilising the region, and sending oil prices into the stratosphere. Example: Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them. Example: What advantage lay in torpedoing what were bilateral talks in all but name, just as they had got underway?. Example: The aggravated situation provides new arguments for supporters of military intervention, and knocks the bottom out of the adherents of the diplomatic process. Example: I can't go into details, but you seem to have stumbled across a plan by one gang to put the skids under another. Example: Any chance of doing that was scotched by the annihilation of the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.» echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes .
Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.» echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns .
Example: As Richman goes to tedious lengths to build a damning portrait of the obnoxious reporter, Chas delves into Laurenge's past, trying to find some way of spiking his guns.» echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea .
Example: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the 'risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.» echar tierra sobre un asunto = bury + an issue .
Example: Joey is a decent guy and has many friends and its about time we bury this issue.» ejército de tierra, el = army, the [armies, pl.] .
Example: Of considerable value is documentation produced by the all-Russian Bureau of Military Organisations which reflects the transformation of the army into an active revolutionary force.» en la tierra = on the ground .
Example: But bats also appeared to capture insects near and possibly on the ground and near or in vegetation, flew low over water to drink, and pursued each other in aerial dogfights.» en la tierra de = in the land of .
Example: Voris University is located on three campuses at Hackley, a modern industrial city in the land of the buttes and the sagebrush plains.» en tierra = onshore [Adverbio. Utilizado como opuesto al mar] ; ashore .
Example: Historical time series of wells drilled in a given country or region onshore and offshore within 10 depth categories will be invaluable. Example: This system will enable the medical personnel at a remote site to contact a physician at a diagnostic centre (ashore or shipboard) and transmit a visual and auditory presentation of the medical data needed for diagnosis.» en tierra firme = on dry land ; on terra firma .
Example: In other words, Elian's real shipwreck was not on the open sea, but when he stepped on dry land in the United States. Example: The two women who were rescued after spending five months in a sailboat adrift in the Pacific set foot on terra firma Monday -- and promptly said they would like to try their voyage again next year.» en tierras lejanas = outranged .
Example: He has an example, in the fact that the outranged Europeans still failed to adopt the Turkish bow = El tiene un ejemplo en el hecho de que los europeos en tierras lejanas seguían sin adoptar el saludo turco.» expropiación de tierras = land seizure .
Example: He said his organization tried to assist with the land seizures but that disunity among the villagers halted the effort.» fertilidad de la tierra = soil fertility .
Example: Soil fertility refers to the amount of nutrients in the soil, which is sufficient to support plant life.» gestión de tierras = land management .
Example: This learning resources center collects print and non-print materials emphasizing aspects of land and water management.» gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pas = rangeland .
Example: This article discusses research conducted with wool producers in semi-arid rangelands in Australia.» invasión por tierra = land invasion .
Example: Only the threat of a nuclear strike would deter any other large nation from military land invasion of the United Kingdom.» labrar la tierra = till + the land .
Example: Is it possible to produce food grains and vegetables by just spreading seeds without tilling the land and sowing the seeds in a cultivated land?.» la tierra de la abundancia = the land of plenty .
Example: The US is the land of plenty and one of the world's richest countries, but it has a serious and growing problem of homelessness.» la tierra de las oportunidades = the land of opportunity .
Example: It seems that America is the land of opportunity to milk the system.» llegar a tierra firme = come + ashore ; go + ashore .
Example: Due to the effects of global warming, tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in Alaska. Example: He disguised himself as a girl to go ashore so no one would suspect his true identity.» mala tierra = poor soil .
Example: Some purists feel that a rock garden should contain only those plants which grow naturally on rocky slopes in poor soil.» mantener los pies en/sobre la tierra = keep + Posesivo + feet on the ground .
Example: We have to keep our feet on the ground and understand that we still have a long way to go if we are to make it to the finals.» morir desintegrándose en la tierra = die back to + the ground [Generalmente referido a las plantas] ; die back [Generalmente referido a las plantas] .
Example: Perennial plants are often called herbaceous, meaning they have soft or succulent green stems that will die back to the ground in the winter. Example: The valley turns a dramatic rusty orange colour over the autumn as the bracken starts to die back.» movimiento de tierra = earthwork .
Example: Some 360000 cubic meters of vertical earthwork was done at the mine without any evaluation of how it was likely to affect the ecosystem.» nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land .
Example: And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.» pequeño propietario de tierras = yeoman farmer .
Example: She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.» pies en/sobre la tierra = feet on the ground .
Example: The title of the conference was 'Head in the clouds, feet on the ground: serials vision and common sense'.» pista de tierra batida = clay tennis court ; clay court .
Example: Red clay tennis courts are made of natural clay or crushed red brick. Example: Her days of underwhelming performances on clay courts are behind her after winning the Stuttgart and Rome tournaments.» poner los pies sobre la tierra = come down to + earth .
Example: The second paragraph came down to earth stylistically.» poner tierra de por medio entre... y... = put + some distance (in) between... and... .
Example: Sometimes putting some distance between partners refreshes mutual attraction.» por encima de la tierra = aboveground .
Example: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.» producto de la tierra = locally grown .
Example: Those on the other side of the debate are equally vehement that locally grown organic food is preferable to imported organic food.» reclamación de tierras = land reclamation [Actividades realizadas para ganar terreno al mar, ríos, desiertos, etc] .
Example: There is no agricultural project without prospection for groundwater necessary for land reclamation, particularly in the desert areas far from river courses.» recuperación de tierras = land reclamation [Actividades realizadas para ganar terreno al mar, ríos, desiertos, etc] .
Example: There is no agricultural project without prospection for groundwater necessary for land reclamation, particularly in the desert areas far from river courses.» rodeado de tierra = land-bound [landbound] ; land-locked [landlocked] .
Example: Ultimately, this film is just a land-bound rerun of Jaws, down to the sacrifice of the grizzled, expert hunter so the younger, more clean-cut, family man can face his own fears and prove his prowess. Example: Because Zambia is land-locked, book acquisition is difficult.» sal de la tierra = salt of the earth .
Example: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.» sin tierras = landless .
Example: While the new technology increased food production, it also caused wealthy farmers to benefit more than the landless.» sobre la tierra = on earth ; on the face of the earth ; on the ground .
Example: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Example: E-mail is without question the most powerful method of distributing information on the face of the earth. Example: But bats also appeared to capture insects near and possibly on the ground and near or in vegetation, flew low over water to drink, and pursued each other in aerial dogfights.» temblor de tierra = quake ; earth tremor ; earthquake tremor ; shake of earthquake .
Example: The campus was hard hit by the quake and declared unsafe, one week before the spring semester was due to begin. Example: The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day. Example: In addition, the witnesses testified that the detonations 'really rocked' the house and 'felt like an earthquake tremor, or an earthquake'. Example: Last evening a distinct shake of earthquake was felt in Nelson, it was just sufficient to set pendent objects swinging, but was not a very vigorous shake.» tener los pies en = Posesivo + feet + be + on the ground ; have + Posesivo + feet on the ground .
Example: She all too often gets lost in conversation and although her feet are on the ground, her head is in the clouds. Example: She is only 16 and like a typical teenager she doesn't always have her feet on the ground.» tener raíces en la tierra = be rooted in + earth .
Example: She was tall, portly while she was gangly, supportive while she tended to be domineering, sober while she loved her drink, and rooted in the earth while she often had her head in the clouds.» tenis sobre tierra batida = clay tennis ; clay court tennis .
Example: They know how to play clay tennis, but their best days probably are behind. Example: Love it or loathe it, clay court tennis is the modern surface in Europe.» terrón de tierra = clod of dirt ; clod of earth ; dirt clod .
Example: Adult crickets spend their days in shallow burrows beneath a stone, clod of dirt or a tuft of plant. Example: He picked up a clod of earth and held it out to them by way of welcome. Example: When you break up dirt clods in your garden, it improves the structure of the soil, allowing it to hold more water and support more vigorous plants.» ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy! ; Land ho! .
Example: While they were talking a voice from the crow's nest called, 'Land ahoy!' and in a moment the ship was all life. Example: It was our morning watch; when, soon after the day began to break, a man on the forecastle called out, 'Land ho!'.» tierra arcillosa = clay soil ; clayey soil .
Example: Heavy clay soils are much more likely to be overwatered than light soils. Example: Some plants tolerate clayey soils better than others.» tierra arenosa = sandy soil .
Example: Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.» tierra baldía = wasteland ; moor ; barren land ; moorland .
Example: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland. Example: The emperor moth is a European moth that lives in moors. Example: By 1948, a short 26 years after the first tree planting, most of the barren lands had been reforested with healthy pine and spruce plantations. Example: Most of the islands are low lying, with a soft, rolling landscape of fields and heather moorland, always fringed by the sea.» tierra buena = good soil .
Example: A good soil is one that is high in organic matter.» tierra caliza = limy soil .
Example: Consequently, areas covered by very limy soils are not favorable for the accumulation of large deposits of sphagnum peat.» tierra cenagosa = loamy soil .
Example: Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.» tierra comunal = communal land .
Example: The land reform was supposed to redistribute land from predominantly white-owned commercial farms to much poorer black farmers who toiled on communal lands.» tierra cultivable = arable land .
Example: Human population in the world continues to grow, but arable land is limited especially in less developed countries.» tierra de contrastes = land of contrasts .
Example: From snowcapped mountains to the rainforest, Bolivia is a land of contrasts.» tierra de cultivo = soil ; farmland [farm land] .
Example: Wide, voracious, indiscriminate reading is the base soil from which discrimination and taste eventually grow. Example: Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.» Tierra de Israel, la = Land of Israel, the .
Example: Judea and Samaria, located west of the Jordan River, with Jerusalem approximately in the center, are historical parts of the Land of Israel.» tierra de labranza = farmland [farm land] .
Example: Alternative uses for farmland include conversion to golf courses, dry ski slopes, hotels, film locations, animal sanctuaries, and campsites.» tierra del sol naciente, la = Land of the Rising Sun, the [Nombre que también se usa para referirse a Japón] .
Example: Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, is the place of ancient gods and sublime art, but it is also on the cutting edge of dizzying modernity.» tierra de nadie = twilight zone [Expresión utilizada para referirse a fenómenos que están a caballo entre la realidad y la ficción] ; wilderness ; no-man's land .
Example: U denotes the umbra, ie those documents which are clearly relevant (within the shadow of the subject); P denotes the penumbra (the 'twilight zone'); and A denotes alien, ie those documents which are clearly not relevant. Example: The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West. Example: We stand squarely in a no-man's land between a rough technology and a vague science.» tierra de pastoreo = pasture land ; pasturage .
Example: The informality of the modern library provides one of the richest pasture lands of all for breeding reading people = La informalidad de la biblioteca moderna ofrece una de las tierras de pasto más ricas de todas para producir gente lectora. Example: Breeders with limited amounts of pasturage may find it necessary to wether the male kids in order prevent them from breeding the female goats.» tierra de pastos = pasture land .
Example: The informality of the modern library provides one of the richest pasture lands of all for breeding reading people = La informalidad de la biblioteca moderna ofrece una de las tierras de pasto más ricas de todas para producir gente lectora.» tierra desconocida = terra incognita .
Example: Literacy work is to some degree something of a 'terra incognita' for librarians.» tierra en barbecho = fallow land .
Example: Tests were conducted on stubble and fallow land on three soil types.» tierra exótica = exotic land .
Example: The cultural stories of this exotic land made him feel more at home than the newspaper headlines he was printing.» tierra extranjera = foreign land .
Example: Besides this was the first time she was travelling abroad and the prospect of seeing a foreign land seemed to fill her up with joy.» tierra feraz = fertile land ; fertile ground .
Example: Among the seemingly barren mountains there is fertile land. Example: South Asia has proved the most fertile ground for political dynasties.» tierra fértil = sod ; loam ; fertile land ; fertile ground .
Example: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass. Example: The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil. Example: Among the seemingly barren mountains there is fertile land. Example: South Asia has proved the most fertile ground for political dynasties.» tierra firme = dry land [dryland] ; land mass [landmass] [Generalmente usado como opuesto a las islas] ; firm ground ; solid ground ; terra firma .
Example: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Example: A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed. Example: Destabilisation of the economic forces governing publishers' prices has meant that subscription agents no longer work on firm ground. Example: Before him was a morass over which a bridge had been thrown to the solid ground beyond. Example: I believe few persons could be found who would not prefer terra firma to the deceitful and treacherous gulf of Mexico.» tierra lejana = far off land .
Example: The mementoes from far off lands in drawing rooms and museums constitute another imaginary land in which the idea of foreign cultures is shaped.» tierra mala = poor soil .
Example: Some purists feel that a rock garden should contain only those plants which grow naturally on rocky slopes in poor soil.» tierra margosa = loamy soil .
Example: Hawthorn trees prefer a loamy, sandy soil combination.» tierra natal = homeland ; fatherland ; motherland ; native country ; native soil ; native land ; home turf ; home ground .
Example: A great number of these publications were significantly influenced by the political scene in their respective homelands. Example: Hitler referred to Germany as the fatherland because that's where his father came from -- his mother was Austrian. Example: When the Second World War broke out, my motherland was arduously fighting against Japanese imperialism. Example: After the civil war ended, the refugees were able to return to their native country. Example: I think he has captured the echoes of his native soil, but not necessarily its essence. Example: En route to England after the funeral for her husband, she had plans to scatter his ashes in his native land. Example: She often sets her fiction in places other than the American South, places she knows just as familiarly as her home turf, though -- namely, Italy and Canada. Example: For many soldiers, war doesn't end just because your plane has touched down on home ground.» tierra prometida, la = land of cream and honey, the ; promised land, the ; land of milk and honey, the .
Example: The article 'Affiliated membership -- land of cream and honey' describes what has been done towards recognition of technical staff in libraries by the LA. Example: The article is entitled 'Into the promised land: some notes on the new Birmingham Central Library'. Example: Ireland has been described by many poets and story-tellers as the land of milk and honey.» tierras = landed estate .
Example: An estate archive may be defined as an accumulation of records relating to the acquisition and management of a landed estate.» tierras altas = highland .
Example: This bibliographic survey is now being expanded to include all the highland provinces.» tierras altas escocesas = Highland .
Example: The tour will include visits to several important libraries and day trips to explore the beautiful Highland lochs and glens.» tierra salvaje = wilderness .
Example: The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.» Tierra Santa = Holy Land, the .
Example: This is a massive project involving an 80 volume set containing 16 complete Bibles and including full colour electronic maps of the Holy Land.» tierras bajas = lowlands [Las zonas de menor altura de un país montañoso] .
Example: They took part in many small-scale but often bitterly fought operations across the coastal lowlands.» tierras celtas, las = Celtic fringe, the .
Example: The article is entitled 'Reconstructing public library authorities in the Celtic fringe'.» tierras del sur = southland .
Example: During his relatively brief career as a corporate tactician, Jeff Gordon, a lanky 32-year-old who retains a touch of the 'aw shucks' manner of his native southland, has chalked up some substantial achievement.» tierra sin cultivar = uncultivated land .
Example: Decades of intensive irrigation have produced shallow water tables under not only cultivated fields but also the nearby uncultivated land.» tierras mejores = greener pastures [Usado comúnmente en sentido figurado] ; pastures new .
Example: This threatens to reverse the recent brain drain that has seen scientists flee the US for greener pastures north of the border. Example: Therefore this would be a good time to explore pastures new, so make an extra effort and put yourself in the shop window and show the world what you can do.» tierras movedizas = shifting sands .
Example: The conference focused on the following themes, seminars and break-out discussions: books in a post paper society; the shifting sands of retail trends; no more bunting on the publishing boat; and consumer attitudes to price.» tierras perdidas = lost lands .
Example: Heroic fantasy set in lost lands, often featuring dinosaurs, continues to thrive = La fantasía heróica ambientada en tierras perdidas, en los que a menudo aparecen dinosaurios, continúan prosperando.» tierra virgen = uncharted territory ; uncharted waters ; virgin territory ; unchartered territory [Es recomendable usar "uncharted territory"] ; unchartered waters [Es recomendable usar "uncharted waters"] .
Example: If the quality of information is a controversial subject, a discussion of the value of information can lead into even more uncharted territory. Example: The article 'Doing your homework: market research in uncharted waters' provides a detailed review of the motivations for using market research within the data base publishing industry. Example: Today there is no virgin territory to be had -- only by invasion of another country can one nation extend its borders. Example: The article 'Entering unchartered territory: putting CD-ROM in place' is a contribution to a special issue devoted in part to CD-ROM. Example: We are looking for a candidate who will be able to lead our institution through the unchartered waters of rapid change in higher education.» tocar tierra = touch down ; land .
Example: For many soldiers, war doesn't end just because your plane has touched down on home ground. Example: The author examines a number of CD-ROM software products which turn a personal computer into a planetarium and generate the illusion that a user is flying a spaceship or landing on a planet.» toma de tierra = earthing .
Example: Special earthing and a voltage smoother may also be wanted.» transporte por tierra = land transport .
Example: Similarly, if we substitute 'mass media' for 'television' or 'transport' instead of 'land transport' specificity is lost.» tropa de tierra = ground troop .
Example: The use of anti-aircraft artillery against ground troops was frowned upon at the start of that conflict.» uso de la tierra = land use .
Example: Environment Abstracts compiles, summarises, and indexes contribution on such topics as air, water, and soil pollution, toxicology, land use and misuse, waste management, weather modification, and endanger