terra

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) land; region; territory (area associated with something)
2. (feminine) ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)
3. (feminine) land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone)
4. (feminine) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water)
5. (feminine) earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground)
6. (feminine) land; homeland

Name

Alternative letter-case form of Terra

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of terrar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of terrar:

Hyphenated as

ter‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra.

Sentences

No mar e na terra , o peixe grande come o pequeno .

In the sea and on land, the big fish eat the small one.

Ele não sabia nada sobre os costumes da terra estranha em que ele estava .

He knew nothing of the customs of the strange land he was in.

O soldado da guerra e o fazendeiro na terra .

The soldier of war and the farmer on earth.

O oxigênio é essencial para a vida na terra , assim como a água .

Oxygen is essential for life on earth, as is water.

Perto da montanha e da costa , é a terra do falaguera.

Close to the mountain and the coast, it is the land of the falaguera.

Celebrações ecoaram pela terra .

Celebrations echoed through the land.

Um homem está colhendo vegetais da terra marrom .

A man is picking vegetables from the brown earth.

Eu aluguei dez hectares de terra e descobriu-se que era estéril .

I rented ten acres of land and it turned out to be barren.