aterrizaje

/ateriˈθaxe/ · B1 · noun · m

landing

🛬 a + tierra (earth) + -izaje = the act of coming down to earth

Built on aterrizar, to land, which comes from tierra, earth (same root as English terrain). The ending -aje works like English -age and makes the action into a noun. Nouns ending in -aje are almost always masculine: el aterrizaje.

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