Polyglot Dictionary

aterrissar

/ateʁiˈsaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
aterrisso
preterite (eu)
aterrissei
past participle
aterrissado

Meaning

  1. to land

    • O avião aterrissou.

      The plane landed.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

pousar

aterrissar is more Brazilian Portuguese, an aviation term; pousar is more general, also used in European Portuguese, and can also mean "to perch," like a bird landing — both mean "to land."

Similar in other languages

German

landen

landen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to land."

Spanish

aterrizar

aterrizar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to land."

French

atterrir

atterrir is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to land."

Practice

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