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terra

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

ter‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

Inherited from Latin

terra

terrar

Alternative form of aterrar (“to cover with earth”)

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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
1

homem está colhendo vegetais da terra marrom

.

A man is picking vegetables from the brown earth.

Eu aluguei dez
10

hectares de terra e descobriu-se que era estéril .

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

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