un carro de tierra

carro de guerra — ( Hist) chariot

carro de la compra — shopping trolley, shopping cart (EEUU)

carro blindado — armoured car, armored car (EEUU), armour-plated car, armor-plated car (EEUU)

carro comedor — Méx dining car, restaurant car

carro de mudanzas — removal van, moving van (EEUU)

carro dormitorio — Méx sleeping car

carros chocones Méx —

carros locos — Col bumper cars, dodgems (Brit)

carro tranvía, carro urbano — tramcar, streetcar (EEUU)

para el carro! — (fam) cool it! (colloq), hold your horses! (colloq)

subirse al carro — to jump on the bandwagon

para el carro! — (fam) cool it! (colloq), hold your horses! (colloq)

subirse al carro — to jump on the bandwagon

Ex: Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.

• tierra adentro — inland

• por tierra — overland, by land

atravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country

• tomar tierra — to reach port, get in

• tocar tierra — to touch down

• tomar tierra — to land

tierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land

• caer a tierra — to fall down

• caer por tierra — [persona] to fall to the ground; [argumento, teoría] to fall apart

• dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over

• echar a tierra — [+ construcción, rival] to knock down

• echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground

con los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud

viviendas con suelo de tierra — houses with earth o dirt floors

• sacudir la tierra — Cono Sur, Méx to dust

le vienes a echar tierra a mi carro con tu descapotable — your convertible makes my car look ridiculous o really bad

tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately

tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately

tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth

tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately

todo refugiado siente nostalgia de su tierra — every refugee feels homesick for or misses his native land o homeland

• de la tierra — [vino, queso] local, locally produced; [fruta, verduras] locally grown

la expropiación de tierras palestinas — the expropriation of Palestinian land o lands

conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

poner tierra de por medio — to make oneself scarce (colloq)

ésta es muy buena tierra — this is very good land o soil

un camino de tierra — a dirt road o track

cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground! (colloq)

echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

tierra a la vista! — land ho o ahoy!

viajar por tierra — to travel overland o by land

decidió volver a su tierra — he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land

costumbres de aquellas tierras — customs in those places o countries

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.

tirar algo a algn — [para que lo coja] to throw sth to sb; [para hacer daño] to throw sth at sb

ya me han vuelto a tirar en química — I've failed chemistry again, I've flunked chemistry again ( esp EEUU) *

• tirar [de] — [+ soga, cuerda] to pull

tirar — Esp [en puerta etc] pull

tire — LAm [en puerta etc] pull

• tirar [de] — to pull

• tirar [de] — [+ espada, navaja] to draw

tiramos de diccionario y lo traducimos en un minuto — * if we use a dictionary it will just take a minute to translate

• tirar al [blanco] — to aim

• tirar a [matar] — to shoot to kill

• tirar a [puerta] — Esp to shoot at goal

no tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground

tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody

estos zapatos ya están para tirar(los) — these shoes are about ready to be thrown away o out

tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo — he knocked the vase off the table (o shelf etc) with his elbow

tirar a dar — to shoot to wound ( not to kill)

tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal

tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street

tirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out

tirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)

tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)

tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl)

tirarse un eructo — to burp (colloq)

se tiró el examen — he flunked the exam (colloq)

no tires los papeles al suelo — don't throw o drop the wrappers on the ground

tirarle algo a alguien — ( para que lo agarre) to throw somebody something; ( con agresividad) to throw something at somebody

estos zapatos ya están para tirar(los) — these shoes are about ready to be thrown away o out

tiró el jarrón al suelo de un codazo — he knocked the vase off the table (o shelf etc) with his elbow

tirar a dar — to shoot to wound ( not to kill)

tirar al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta — to shoot at goal

tira por esta calle abajo — go o turn down this street

tirarse en paracaídas — to parachute; ( en emergencia) to bale out

tirárselas de algo — (AmL fam)

tirarse a alguien — to screw somebody (vulg), to lay somebody (sl)

tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl)

tirarse un eructo — to burp (colloq)

se tiró el examen — he flunked the exam (colloq)

Ex: Do not push or pull on the disc drawer.

Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.