The Portuguese word for soil is
terra
Gender
The gender of terra is feminine. E.g. a terra.Plural
The plural of terra is terras.Portuguese Definition
| soil | |
| 1. solo | |
| 2. sujar |
Translations for soil and their definitions
| solo | |
| 1. n-m. (geology) soil, ground | |
| 2. n-m. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer) | |
| 3. v. verb form of solar |
| sujar | |
| 1. v. to dirty (to make dirty, filthy) | |
| 2. v. to smear (damage someone’s reputation) |
| arruinar | |
| 1. v. to ruin, spoil | |
| 2. v. to bankrupt |
| Terra | |
| 1. Proper noun. Earth | |
| 2. n-f. land; region; territory (area associated with something) | |
| Cuidado, essa é a terra dos caçadores de cabeças. - Be careful, that is the land of the headhunters. | |
| 3. n-f. ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings) | |
| Deixa essa pedra na terra. - Leave that rock on the ground. | |
| 4. n-f. land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone) | |
| Compramos uma terra para criar gado. - We bought land to raise cattle. | |
| 5. n-f. (sailing) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water) | |
| Após meses de viagem, finalmente chegaram em terra. - After months of travel, they finally arrived on land. | |
| 6. n-f. earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground) | |
| A camisa está suja de terra. - The shirt is dirty with soil. | |
| 7. n-f. land; homeland | |
| Lá na minha terra tem muitas capivaras. - There are a lot of capybaras in my homeland. | |
| 8. Proper noun. alternative case form of Terra | |
| 9. v. verb form of terrar |
| estragar | |
| 1. v. to spoil, to damage, to corrupt, to ruin | |
| As chuvas estragaram a colheita. - The rains ruined the harvest. | |
| 2. v. to botch, bungle | |
| Ele não estraga nada. - He doesn't screw anything up. | |
| 3. v. to go bad (of foods and commodities) | |
| Estas laranjas estragaram-se. - These oranges have gone bad. |
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