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atterrare

to land

verb aht-ter-RAH-reh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

to knock down

Usage Note

Atterrare primarily means 'to land' (of aircraft): l'aereo atterrerà tra un'ora. In a physical or fighting context it means 'to knock someone to the ground'. The intransitive sense (landing) takes essere as auxiliary; the transitive sense (knocking down) takes avere.

Examples

"L'aereo è atterrato in anticipo."

Natural Translation

The plane landed early.

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