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DailyWord
November 10, 2008, 02:22 AM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for November 10, 2008

terreno - masculine noun (el) - property, land, lot, tract, field. Look up terreno in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/terreno)

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

Jessica
November 10, 2008, 06:12 AM
Is terreno a cognate? it looks like terrain..... :thinking:

Rusty
November 10, 2008, 08:19 AM
Is terreno a cognate? it looks like terrain..... :thinking:
Indeed it is. In fact, the Spanish word for terrain is terreno.

Tomisimo
November 10, 2008, 04:49 PM
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.