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aterrizar.

to land (e.g. an airplane)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/ateriˈθaɾ/[a.t̪e.riˈθaɾ]/ateriˈsaɾ/[a.t̪e.riˈsaɾ]
  1. to land (e.g. an airplane)

    intransitive
  2. to come back to reality, to stop dreaming

    colloquial · figuratively · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Spanish a- Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Old Spanish tierra Spanish tierra Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōlbor. Old Spanish -izar Spanish -izar Spanish aterrizar From a- + tierra (“earth”) + -izar.

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