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1 parched
1) (hot and dry: Nothing could grow in the parched land.) agostado, reseco2) (thirsty: Can I have a cup of tea - I'm parched!) muerto de sed, sedientotr[pɑːʧt]1 (very dry - land, earth) agostado,-a, reseco,-a; (- throat, mouth) reseco,-a2 (thirsty) muerto,-a de sedadj.• requemado, -a adj.• reseco, -a adj.pɑːrtʃt, pɑːtʃta) ( very dry) reseco, agostadob) ( very thirsty) (colloq) (pred)to be parched — estar* muerto de sed (fam)
[pɑːtʃt]ADJ [land etc] abrasado, reseco; (=thirsty) * reseco, muerto de sed* * *[pɑːrtʃt, pɑːtʃt]a) ( very dry) reseco, agostadob) ( very thirsty) (colloq) (pred)to be parched — estar* muerto de sed (fam)
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2 tierra
tierra sustantivo femenino 1 (campo, terreno) land; tierra de cultivo arable land 2 (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earth; un camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earth; no juegues con tierra don't play in the dirt; un camino de tierra a dirt road o track; echar algo por tierra ‹ planes› to wreck, ruin; ‹ argumentos› to demolish, destroy; ‹ esperanzas› to dash 3 (AmL) ( polvo) dust 4 (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE); estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra to be grounded o earthed 5 (por oposición al mar, al aire) land;◊ viajar por tierra to travel overland o by land;tierra firme solid ground; tomar tierra to land, touch down 6 (país, lugar): costumbres de aquellas tierras customs in those places o countries; la Ttierra Santa the Holy Land 7 ( planeta)
tierra sustantivo femenino
1 (planeta) la Tierra, (the) Earth o earth
2 (medio terrestre, terreno) land
viajar por tierra, to travel by land
tierra adentro, inland
tierra de nadie, no-man's-land (un avión) tomar tierra, to land Agr land
tiene tierras de cultivo, he has cultivated land
tierra baldía, wasteland
3 (país, lugar de origen) homeland (territorio) nació en tierra inglesa, she was born on English soil
4 (superficie terrestre, suelo) ground
bajo tierra, below ground (materia) soil, earth
un puñado de tierra, a handful of earth o soil
un camino de tierra, a dirt track
5 Elec earth
toma de tierra, earth wire, US ground Locuciones: echar por tierra, to ruin, spoil
echar tierra sobre, to hush up familiar de la tierra, (producto del país) son tomates de la tierra, they are home-grown tomatoes familiar (alejarse, escapar) poner alguien tierra por medio, to get as far away as possible familiar (para expresar vergüenza) ¡tierra trágame! I wish the earth would swallow me up (perder un medio de transporte) quedarse alguien en tierra, to miss a planeain or any other form of transport ' tierra' also found in these entries: Spanish: adentro - baja - bajo - barro - batida - batido - campo - construcción - criar - desaparecer - entrañas - escarbar - esquilmar - explotar - franja - fructífera - fructífero - global - globo - gua - horizonte - hoyo - hundimiento - langosta - palada - parcela - perforar - pista - polvo - ras - redondez - remover - ribera - rica - rico - seísmo - sementera - señorío - soñar - suelo - surco - temblar - terráquea - terráqueo - terrena - terreno - terrestre - terrón - terruño - tocar English: adjacent - adjoining - allotment - ashore - clump - crack - crumble - crunch - cultivated - cultivation - demolish - dig - dirt road - earth - earthworm - earthy - encroach - explode - face - fairyland - fall - farming - feel - ground - hedgehog - Holy Land - homeland - inland - land - level - lump - no man's land - orbit - overland - parched - portage - pull apart - quake - reclaim - rich - richness - rig - rock - roll - rough - sandy - seed - set down - shatter - shock -
3 parch
(to make hot and very dry: The sun parched the earth.) agostar, secar, resecar- parchedparch ['pɑrʧ] vt: resecarv.• abrasar v.• agostar v.• asolanar v.• asolar v.• asurar v.• quemar v.• requemar v.• resecar v.• resquemar v.• tostar v.[pɑːtʃ]1.VT secar, resecar, agostar2.VI secarse
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