terreno1

terreno1
1 = arena, land, turf, terrain, land area, ground, plot of land, piece of land.
Ex. This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.
Ex. 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.
Ex. Librarians are losing the war for electronic professional turf.
Ex. These surveyors reported on terrain character and presence of wood, water and forage, and studied Indian tribal customs and languages.
Ex. A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.
Ex. The core of readers and borrowers of agricultural literature are pensioners wanting to improving cultivation of their small private plots of land.
Ex. So it is important that every piece of land is divided by a boundary to show the demarcation.
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* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
* caer en terreno baldío = fall on + barren ground, fall on + fallow ground.
* caer en terreno pedregoso = fall on + stony ground.
* ceder terreno = yield + ground, lose + ground.
* con terrenos cedidos por el gobierno = land grant [land-grant].
* en terreno conocido = on familiar grounds.
* en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
* estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
* ganar terreno = gain + ground, make + headway.
* gestión de terrenos = land management.
* invadir el terreno (de Alguien) = encroach on/upon + Posesivo + domain.
* limpiar el terreno de árboles = clear + land.
* motocicleta todo terreno = dirt bike.
* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
* no ceder terreno = stand + Posesivo + ground.
* parcela de terreno = plot of land, piece of land.
* perder terreno = lose + ground.
* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
* preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
* preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
* preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
* prueba sobre el terreno = field test, field trial.
* sobre el terreno = on the ground.
* tantear el terreno = put + feeler out, test + the water.
* terreno conocido = familiar grounds.
* terreno cultivable pequeño = croft.
* terreno de deportes = sport arena.
* terreno de juego = playing field, pitch.
* terreno de pruebas = testing ground.
* terreno desconocido = uncharted territory, uncharted waters, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.
* terreno elevado = high ground.
* terreno en construcción = building site.
* terreno firme = firm ground, safe ground, solid ground.
* terreno inhóspito = inhospitable terrain.
* terreno maderero = timberland.
* terreno nada fértil = stony ground.
* terreno neutral = neutral ground.
* terreno para construir = building site.
* terreno pedegroso = stony ground.
* terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
* terreno poco definido = grey area [gray area].
* terreno resbaladizo = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
* terrenos = site, landed estate, grounds.
* terrenos de la finca = estate grounds.
* terreno seguro = safe ground, solid ground.
* terreno sin construir = vacant lot.
* terrenos sin construir = vacant land.
* vehículo todoterreno = all-terrain vehicle.
* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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