Terreno

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for November 10, 2008

terreno - masculine noun (el) - property, land, lot, tract, field. Look up terreno in the dictionary

Compramos un terreno en el bosque para ir a acampar.
We bought a piece of land in the woods to go camping.

[Jessica]

Is terreno a cognate? it looks like terrain.....

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by jchen

Is terreno a cognate? it looks like terrain.....

Indeed it is. In fact, the Spanish word for terrain is terreno.

[Tomisimo]

Yep, you got it. But it doesn't correspond with terrain in all the meanings of the word. I should have added terrain to the list of translations.