aterro

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) earth or rubble used to cover or level a location
2. (masculine) a place covered with earth or rubble
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of aterro sanitário (“landfill”)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of aterrar

aterrar

1. (intransitive) to land
2. (intransitive) to dock
3. (transitive) to fill or cover with earth
4. (transitive) to raise (a field) with earth or rubble
5. (transitive) to ground
6. (archaic, transitive) to knock down
7. (reflexive) to burrow (of an animal)
8. (reflexive) to fall down, to fall to earth

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Concepts

dump

embankment

landfill

ramp

reclamation

slope

Synonyms

escarpa

rampa

talude

lixão

Translations

talus

Damm

Deich

Erdwall

Kippe

Wall

décharge

discarica

glooiing

talud

vuilnisbelt

wal

talud

terraplén

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈte.ʁu/

Etymology

Deverbal from aterrar (“to cover with earth”).